Abstract:
An electron tube cathode comprises a base (1) formed mainly of nickel, an alloy layer (4) disposed on the base (1) and including nickel and tungsten having a grain size smaller than that of the base, and an electron emissive material layer (5) deposited on the alloy layer, and including an oxide (6) of an alkaline-earth metal containing at least barium, and a rare earth metal oxide (7) of 0.01 to 25 weight percent and containing at least one of scandium oxide and yttrium oxide. The cathode has a life characteristics improved compared with the prior art, even if operated with a current density of 3 A/cm.sup.2 or more.
Abstract translation:电子管阴极包括主要由镍形成的基体(1),设置在基底(1)上的合金层(4),并且包括具有小于基底的晶粒尺寸的镍和钨以及电子发射材料层 (5)沉积在合金层上,并且包含至少含有钡的碱土金属的氧化物(6)和0.01至25重量%的稀土金属氧化物(7),并且含有至少一种氧化钪 和氧化钇。 即使以3A / cm 2以上的电流密度进行操作,阴极与现有技术相比寿命特性得到改善。
Abstract:
The present invention discloses a cathode for an electron gun comprising a base metal mainly composed of nickel and containing one kind of reducing element at least, a metal layer mainly composed of tungsten, tungsten-nickel, or zirconium-tungsten on the upper side of the base metal, and an electron emitting material layer containing alkaline earth metal oxide including barium at least on the upper side of the metal layer. The metal layer is formed by spreading tungsten, tungsten-nickel, or zirconium-tungsten on the base metal and heating it to have particle smaller than that of the base metal, to increase its life cycle under a high current density load by ensuring a diffusion route of reducing element steadily, used for good generation of free radical barium atom.
Abstract:
Electron emission materials consisting of carbides, borides, and oxides, and related mixtures and compounds, of Group IVB metals Hf, Zr, and Ti, Group IIA metals Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, and Ba, and Group IIIB metals Sc, Y, and lanthanides La through Lu are used in electrodes. The electron emission materials include ternary Group IVB-IIIB and IVB-IIA oxides. These electron emission materials are typically contained in a refractory metal matrix formed of tungsten, tantalum, rhenium, and their alloys, but may also be used by themselves. These materials and electrodes have high melting points, low vapor pressures, low work functions, high electrical and thermal conductivity, and high thermionic electron emission and field emission properties.
Abstract:
The initial emission and the lifetime of oxide cathodes are considerably improved by adding small quantities of rare earth metals (10-500 ppm).
Abstract:
A dispenser cathode comprises an electron emissive material including at least one selected from the group consisting of Ba and Ba oxide, a porous metal base body having a plurality of diffusing cavities and positioned on the electron emissive material and an alloy thin film layer consisting of scandium tungstate and tungsten which is disposed between the electron emissive material and the porous metal base body. Instead of the alloy thin film, a pellet containing scandium tungstate may be interposed between said electron emissive material and the porous metal base body. The activation aging time of the dispenser cathode of the present invention is greatly shortened as compared with the conventional dispenser cathode, and the damage of Sc by ion bombardment is prevented, and thus the stable thermoelectron emission can be obtained.
Abstract:
A cathode for an electron tube in accordance with the present invention comprises: a base (2) containing not only nickel as a major element but also a reducing agent; a layer (3) of an electron-emissive substance which is applied to the base (2) and contains not only an alkaline earth metal oxide as a principal component but also a scandium oxide; and a heater for heating the layer (3).
Abstract:
An oxide-coated cathode for an electron tube comprises a layer (2) of an electron-emissive substance. This layer (2) contains: an alkaline earth metal oxide as a principal component containing at least Ba; an oxide of Sc; and at least one heat-resisting oxide selected from the group consisting of oxides of Al, Si, Ta, V, Cr, Fe, Zr, Nb, Hf, Ta, Mo and W.
Abstract:
An oxide-coated cathode used for the electron tubes such as cathode ray tubes and camera tubes, comprising as the base a sintered product principally composed of an alkaline earth metal compound and a high-melting-point metal and having high heat conductivity and low specific resistance, said sintered product being either used singly or layered on a high-melting-point metal body containing a reducible element or elements as impurity, and an oxide cathode material coated on said base, and a method of producing such oxide-coated cathode.