• DocumentCode
    2210116
  • Title

    Investigation into the erosion of explosive-emission liquid-metal cathodes

  • Author

    Batrakov, A.V. ; Popov, C.A. ; Proskurovsky, D.I.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of High-Current Electron., Acad. of Sci., Tomsk, Russia
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    1996
  • fDate
    21-26 Jul 1996
  • Firstpage
    752
  • Abstract
    The erosion rate has been measured for capillary-type and needle-type liquid-metal cathode. The erosion drop fraction composition and percentage have been determined. For the capillary-type liquid-metal cathodes, the erosion of the core has been discovered and investigated. To describe this erosion, a simple analytical model has been proposed
  • Keywords
    cathodes; electron emission; liquid metals; vacuum breakdown; wear; analytical model; capillary-type liquid-metal cathode; core erosion; erosion drop fraction composition; explosive-emission liquid-metal cathodes; liquid-metal cathodes erosion; needle-type liquid-metal cathode; Capacitance; Capacitors; Cathodes; Current measurement; Plasma applications; Plasma measurements; Pulse measurements; Solid state circuits; Sparks; Vacuum arcs;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Discharges and Electrical Insulation in Vacuum, 1996. Proceedings. ISDEIV., XVIIth International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Berkeley, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-2906-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/DEIV.1996.545462
  • Filename
    545462