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 method of manufacturing an electric discharge tube having an electron-emitting electrode comprising a support with a cesiumcontaining layer thereon which is activated by reaction of a gaseous compound of an inactive or inert gas and fluorine until a cesium fluoride layer having a composition (CsF, Cs) is formed. The gaseous compound, at the temperatures prevailing in the tube does not react with the surfaces of other parts.