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OXIDE-COATED cathodes have been used by the million for many years, but the explanation of the exact mechanism of the thermionic emission from them still presents many interesting physical problems. The summer meeting in London on June 14, arranged by the Electronics Group of the Institute of Physics, on recent work on such cathodes was most opportune, since the war-time use of the cathodes under pulse conditions, and the influence of recent theories of the properties of barrier-layer rectifiers and semiconductors, have stimulated further experimental and theoretical work, and are leading to a revision of views previously held.
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VICK, F. Thermionic Emission From Oxide-Coated Cathodes. Nature 160, 725–726 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/160725a0
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