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Title: USE OF LANTHANUM HEXABORIDES AS ION SOURCE IN CATHODE ION SOURCE (in Ukrainian)

Journal Article · · Ukr. Fiz. Zh.
OSTI ID:4654128

Performance of lanthanum hexaboride as an ion source cathode was studied using 8-mm diameter, 1.5-mm thick compressed LaB/sub 6/ powder specimens (68% La, 30.7% B, and O.11% C). Performance characteristics of thermally purified and treated sources in helium were: U/sub a/ = 200 v, I/sub 7/= 1.5 amp, and H = 900e. Discharge streaming density was 5.3 amp/cm/sup 2/; ion streaming density in the source reached 0.3 amp/cm/sup 2/; the life of the cathode was 30 to 40 hrs. (R.V.J.)

Research Organization:
Inst. of Physics, Academy of Sciences, Ukrainian SSR; and Inst. of Metal Ceramics and Special Alloys, Kiev
NSA Number:
NSA-17-039401
OSTI ID:
4654128
Journal Information:
Ukr. Fiz. Zh., Vol. Vol: 8; Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-63
Country of Publication:
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Language:
Ukrainian