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The Relation between Temperature and Work Function in Thermionic Emission

Brewer, A. Keith (1927) The Relation between Temperature and Work Function in Thermionic Emission. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 13 (8). pp. 592-596. ISSN 0027-8424. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20141211-155955781

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Abstract

It is the purpose of the present paper to show that an interdependence also exists between the difference in temperature (∂T) and, the difference in work function (∂b) for the positive and negative thermionic currents from a given surface in the presence of various gases.


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Additional Information:Copyright © 1927 National Academy of Sciences. Communicated July 15, 1927. The writer's best thanks are due Professor R. A. Millikan for his interest and advice.
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