DocumentCode
1438222
Title
Condensation of mercury in mercury-arc tubes
Author
Slepian, Joseph ; Brubaker, W. M.
Author_Institution
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, East Pittsburgh, Pa.
Volume
59
Issue
7
fYear
1940
fDate
7/1/1940 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
381
Lastpage
384
Abstract
It is found experimentally that the efficiency of condensation of mercury vapor on cold metal surfaces is quite low. The condensing efficiency of steel surfaces is increased several fold by positiveion bombardment of the surface. Nickel surfaces condense mercury vapor several times as efficiently as steel. The operation of a high-voltage ignitron rectifier was greatly improved by positiveion bombardment of the condensing surfaces.
Keywords
Electrodes; Electron tubes; Equations; Nickel; Rectifiers; Steel; Surface treatment;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electrical Engineering
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0095-9197
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/EE.1940.6435000
Filename
6435000
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