Abstract:
A cathode suitable for poor vacuum conditions and repeated exposures to air consists of a molybdenum support, compact or compressed powder, welded on a tungsten wire and having thereon a compressed mixture of rhenium with lanthanum hexaboride. Instead of rhenium, a tungsten boride such as W2B or W2B5 may be chosen.
Abstract:
A layer of lanthanum hexaboride is applied cataphoretically to a rhenium wire and then sintered. The process is repeated. In this manner a cathode with small evaporation and long life is obtained.