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IT is generally agreed that none of the theories that has been suggested gives a complete and convincing account of the mechanism of the non-thermionic arc cathode. Combinations of, say, thermal and field emission do not fare much better, particularly for cases like the mercury arc cathode1. What follows is a new approach which goes some way, if not all the way, towards a satisfactory theory.
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CASSIE, A. The Arc Cathode. Nature 181, 476 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/181476a0
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