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Impregnated cathode
Assignee: Hitachi Ltd
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Filing: 1983-01-06
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Granted: 1985-05-21
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Expires: 2003-01-06
Abstract
Abstract An impregnated cathode comprises a porous refractory substrate of refractory material such as tungsten containing at least one of scandium oxide particles and oxide particles containing scandium such as (Al, Sc) 2 O 3 , and an electron emissive material impregnated into pores of the substrate, and has an operating temperature lower by about 300° C. than that of the conventional impregnated cathode containing no scandium oxide particles, or scandium.
Inventors
- 👤 Sadanori Taguchi
- 👤 Toshiyuki Aida
- 👤 Shigehiko Yamamoto
- 👤 Yukio Honda
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-01 10:20
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01J; H01J1/00; H01J1/02; H01J1/13; H01J1/14; H01J1/20; H01J1/28
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 18
Claim 1
Independent Claim
39 words
An impregnated cathode which comprises a porous refractory substrate and an electron emissive material impregnated into pores in the pourous substrate, wherein said pourous refractory substrate includes at least one of scandium oxide particles and oxide particles containing scandium.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
39 words
An impregnated cathode which comprises a porous refractory substrate and an electron emissive material impregnated into pores in the pourous substrate, wherein said pourous refractory substrate includes at least one of scandium oxide particles and oxide particles containing scandium.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
36 words
The impregnated cathode according to claim 1, wherein the scandium oxide particles and the oxide particles containing scandium contains 2-50% by volume of scandium in terms of scandium oxide on the basis of the porous substrate.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
68 words
The impregnated cathode according to claim 1, wherein the oxide particles containing scandium are particles of at least one oxide selected from oxides of rare earth elements and scandium of (Al, Sc) 2 O 3 , Sc 2 W 3 O 12 , LiScMoO 8 , ScVO 4 , (Sc, Y) 2 O 3 , Sc 4 ZrO 16 , and 8ZrO 2 ·Sc 2 O 3 .
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
26 words
The impregnated cathode according to claim 1, wherein the porous substrate has a porosity of 15-30% on the basis of the volume of the porous substrate.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
56 words
The impregnated cathode according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein said porous refractory substrate includes, in addition to said at least one of scandium oxide particles and oxide particles containing scandium, at least one metal species selected from the group consisting of tungsten, molybdenum, tantalum, rhenium and alloys of at least one thereof.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
23 words
The impregnated cathode according to claim 1, wherein said electron emissive material impregnated into the pores in the porous substrate is barium aluminate.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
37 words
The impregnated cathode according to claim 1, wherein said electron emissive material impregnated into pores in the porous substrate is a material from the mixture of barium carbonate, aluminum oxide and calcium carbonate as a starting material.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
50 words
The impregnated cathode according to claim 1, wherein said porous refractory substrate includes, in addition to said at least one of scandium oxide particles and oxide particles containing scandium, at least one element selected from the group consisting of osmium, ruthenium and iridium, or alloys containing at least one thereof.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
30 words
The impregnated cathode according to claim 5, wherein the at least one of scandium oxide particles and oxide particles containing scandium are scattered throughout said at least one metal species.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
59 words
A process for preparing an impregnated cathode which comprises sintering a mixture of at least one metal selected from the group consisting of tungsten, molybdenum, tantalum and rhenium, and at least one of scandium oxide and oxide particles containing scandium, to thereby form a heat-resistant, porous substrate; and impregnating an electron emissive material into pores of the porous substrate.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
59 words
A process for preparing an impregnated cathode which comprises sintering a mixture of at least one metal selected from the group consisting of tungsten, molybdenum, tantalum and rhenium, and at least one of scandium oxide and oxide particles containing scandium, to thereby form a heat-resistant, porous substrate; and impregnating an electron emissive material into pores of the porous substrate.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
8 words
Product formed by the process of claim 10.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
21 words
The process for preparing an impregnated cathode according to claim 10, wherein, prior to sintering said mixture, the mixture is press-shaped.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
62 words
The process for preparing an impregnated cathode according to claim 10, wherein said mixture has particles of said at least one metal and particles of said at least one of scandium oxide and oxide particles containing scandium, the particles of said at least one metal being at least as big as the particles of said scandium oxide or oxide particles containing scandium.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
39 words
The process for preparing an impregnated cathode according to claim 13, wherein said particles of said at least one metal are the same size as the particles of said at least one scandium oxide and oxide particles containing scandium.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
64 words
The process for preparing an impregnated cathode according to claim 9, wherein said mixture includes said at least one of scandium oxide and oxide particles containing scandium in such an amount that the porous substrate prepared by said sintering has at least one of scandium oxide particles and oxide particles containing scandium which contains 2-50% by volume of scandium in terms of scandium oxide.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
8 words
Product formed by the process of claim 15.
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