Method of Making Long Life High Current Density Cathode from Tungsten and Iridium Powders Using a Low Melting Point Impregnant.

Abstract

A long life high current density cathode is made from a mixture of tungsten and iridium powders by processing the mixture of powders with an activator into a porous billet, and then impregnating the billet with a low melting point impregnant by firing the billet in a dry hydrogen furnace at a temperature at which the impregnant melts. Patent applications. (mjm)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 21, 1988
Accession Number
ADD013845

Entities

People

  • Bernard Smith
  • Donald Eckart
  • Gerard L. Freeman
  • Louis E. Branovich

Organizations

  • United States Army

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Current Density
  • Hydrogen
  • Impregnation
  • Long Life
  • Melting
  • Melting Point
  • Patent Applications
  • Patents
  • Tungsten

Fields of Study

  • Materials science
  • Physics

Readers

  • Materials Science
  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Powder metallurgy of Titanium alloys.