DE102010061584A1 - Röntgenstrahlkathode und Verfahren zum Herstellen derselben - Google Patents

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DE102010061584A1
DE102010061584A1 DE102010061584A DE102010061584A DE102010061584A1 DE 102010061584 A1 DE102010061584 A1 DE 102010061584A1 DE 102010061584 A DE102010061584 A DE 102010061584A DE 102010061584 A DE102010061584 A DE 102010061584A DE 102010061584 A1 DE102010061584 A1 DE 102010061584A1
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Julin N.Y. Wan
Sergiy N.Y. Zalyubovsky
Andrey Ivanovich N.Y. Meshkov
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    • H01J1/00—Details of electrodes, of magnetic control means, of screens, or of the mounting or spacing thereof, common to two or more basic types of discharge tubes or lamps
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    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J1/00—Details of electrodes, of magnetic control means, of screens, or of the mounting or spacing thereof, common to two or more basic types of discharge tubes or lamps
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    • H01J1/13—Solid thermionic cathodes
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