Newsgroups: sci.physics.plasma
From news@leland.Stanford.EDU Mon Jan 16 12:08:08 1995
From: kull@leland.Stanford.EDU (Alan Kull)
Organization: Stanford University
Subject: Re: Cathode Materials

In article <3f0pj7$3vn@mojo.eng.umd.edu>,
GALLOWAYGT96%CS07@cadetmail.usafa.af.mil (GEORGE T. GALLOWAY) wrote:

> I am a senior at the Air Force Academy and am investigating a 100 kV,
> 3.5 Amp/cm^2 HPM source. I need to find a cathode material that will
> improve single pulse duration by reducing time to diode breakdown.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions that might help?
>
> -James W. "Buster" Myers
>

How about Lanthanum Hexaboride?

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