Liquid metal cathode with single capillary flow impedance
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    Liquid metal cathode with single capillary flow impedance 失效
    液体金属阴极与单毛细管流动阻力

    公开(公告)号:US3579011A

    公开(公告)日:1971-05-18

    申请号:US3579011D

    申请日:1969-01-08

    Inventor: HYMAN JULIUS JR

    CPC classification number: H01J13/08 H01J13/06 H01J13/14 H01J2893/0083

    Abstract: The liquid metal cathode is employed as a cathodic electron source in arc discharges. A small liquid metal pool serves as the arcing material, and when it is kept small, improved electron-toatom emission ratios are obtained, as well as gravity independence. However, when such a small pool is employed, feed to the pool must be free of feed rate perturbations. Otherwise, an instability in the level of the mercury in the pool results. The present invention obtains feed rate stability by providing a feed passage with a diameter which is everywhere larger than that of the feed channel which finally discharges to the pool. Feed flow impedance is provided by an elongated capillary feed channel.

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