• DocumentCode
    2812525
  • Title

    An in situ emission microscopy study of barium supply to the surface of scandium-coated porous tungsten

  • Author

    Vaughn, Joel M. ; Jamison, Keith D. ; Kordesch, Martin E.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Ohio Univ., Athens, OH, USA
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    28-30 April 2009
  • Firstpage
    559
  • Lastpage
    560
  • Abstract
    The transport of Ba to the surface of a porous tungsten disk packed with barium oxide powder is observed directly with emission microscopy. The W disk surface is patterned with sputter deposited scandium metal squares. Thermionic electron emission is observed from the Ba/Sc/W areas at temperatures below those required for thermionic electron emission from the non-Sc coated areas. The ldquodispensingrdquo process is observed directly, in situ.
  • Keywords
    barium; porous materials; thermionic electron emission; tungsten; Ba; W; barium oxide powder; emission microscopy; porous tungsten disk; scandium-coated porous tungsten; sputter deposited scandium metal squares; thermionic electron emission; Barium; Cathodes; Current density; Electron emission; Photoelectron microscopy; Powders; Temperature; Thermionic emission; Transistors; Tungsten; Barium; dispenser cathode; porous tungsten; scandium;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Vacuum Electronics Conference, 2009. IVEC '09. IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    Rome
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-3500-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-3501-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IVELEC.2009.5193467
  • Filename
    5193467