Testing of a niobium-oxygen single crystal collector

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Thermionic Conversion, Spaceborne And Space Research Instruments, Apparatus, And Components

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A Nb-O single crystal alloy collector, L2, made by Lutch, with an oxygen content of 2.9 atom % was tested opposite a polycrystalline tungsten emitter. The emitter bare work function was raised to 5.40 eV, following oxygen evaporation from the collector and adsorption onto the emitter. This increase in the emitter bare work function was substantially higher that that obtained from another Lutch collector single crystal alloy, L1, which contained 1.2 atom %. The barrier index obtained with L2 was one of the lowest obtained with oxygen-dispensing collectors, 0.24 eV lower than with L1. At a spacing of 0.55 mm and an emitter temperature of 1800 K, the maximum electrode power density was 7.6 W/cm2 and the maximum electrode efficiency was 18%. After about 2000 hours of operation some tungsten condensation was detected on the collector. .

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