Thermally actuated thermionic switch
Patent
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OSTI ID:5706254
A thermally actuated thermionic switch which responds to an increase of temperature by changing from a high impedance to a low impedance at a predictable temperature set point. The switch has a bistable operation mode switching only on temperature increases. The thermionic material may be a metal which is liquid at the desired operation temperature and held in matrix in a graphite block reservoir, and which changes state (ionizes, for example) so as to be electrically conductive at a desired temperature.
- DOE Contract Number:
- AT03-76SF71032
- Assignee:
- ERA-08-054556; EDB-83-178533
- Application Number:
- ON: DE83018026
- OSTI ID:
- 5706254
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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