Accession Number:

AD0276411

Title:

HEAT DIODE CONVERTER

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP PITTSBURGH PA

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Report Date:

1962-05-20

Pagination or Media Count:

1.0

Abstract:

Work on the thermionic emission properties of refractory materials in cesium vapor progressed and some new features of the behavior of refractory metals in high cesium pressure were observed. Measurement was continued of saturation emission currents in a cesium plasma anode discharge tube. The electron reflection measurement technique proved satisfactory, and a set of experiments for copper are reported. A complete set of measurements was taken for the thermal conductivity of cesium vapor. A complete analysis was carried out for all the previously done measurements of the evaporation of molybdenum in cesium vapor. Author

Descriptors:

• *DIODES
• *ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION
• *REFRACTORY MATERIALS
• *THERMIONIC EMISSION
• CESIUM
• COPPER
• DISCHARGE TUBES
• ELECTRONS
• EVAPORATION
• MOLYBDENUM
• PLASMAS(PHYSICS)
• POWER SUPPLIES
• REFLECTION
• THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY
• THERMIONIC CONVERTERS
• VAPORS

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Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE