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The collected works of Irving Langmuir. with contributions in memoriam including a complete bibliography of his works / Volume 4, Electrical discharge :
The Collected Works of Irving Langmuir, Volume 4: Electrical Discharge is a 12-chapter text that covers the fundamental and theoretical aspects of electrical discharge, with a particular emphasis on discharge in gases. The opening chapters are concerned the negative probes as being due to the random...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Pergamon Press,
[1961]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Front Cover; Electrical Discharge; Copyright Page; HONORARY EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD; FOREWORD; PREFACE TO VOLUME 4; Table of Contents; INTRODUCTION TO VOLUME 4; Fundamental Phenomena in Electrical Discharges; References; CHAPTER 1. POSITIVE ION CURRENTS FROM THE POSITIVE COLUMN OF MERCURY ARCS; CHAPTER 2. POSITIVE ION CURRENTS IN THE POSITIVE COLUMN OF THE MERCURY ARC; CHAPTER 3. A SIMPLE METHOD FOR QUANTITATIVE STUDIES OF IONIZATION PHENOMENA IN GASES; CHAPTER 4. A NEW TYPE OF ELECTRIC DISCHARGE: THE STREAMER DISCHARGE; CHAPTER 5. STUDIES OF ELECTRIC DISCHARGES IN GASES AT LOW PRESSURES.
- PART ICollector with Retarding Field; Collector with Accelerating Field; Theory of Collectors with Accelerating Field; PART II: TYPICAL EXPERIMENTAL DATA ILLUSTRATING THE USE OF PLANE COLLECTORS; PART III: TYPICAL EXPERIMENTAL DATA ILLUSTRATING THE USE OF CYLINDRICAL COLLECTORS; PART IV: DATA ON DISCHARGES IN MERCURY VAPOR OBTAINED WITH CYLINDRICAL COLLECTORS; PART V: THE USE OF SPHERICAL COLLECTORS AND THE EFFECTS OF MAGNETIC FIELDS; Effects of Magnetic Fields; CHAPTER 6. THE THEORY OF COLLECTORS IN GASEOUS DISCHARGES; I. General Equations for Cylindrical and Spherical Collectors.
- Elimination of Gas EffectsDisintegration of the Cathode; Electron Discharge in X-ray Tubes; The Kenotron Tube; Limiting Effect of the Space Charge; The Pliotron Tube; Some Applications of Electron Tubes; Theory of the Space Charge Effect; Modification of Pure Electron Discharge by Gas Presence; PART II NATURE OF DISCHARGES-QUANTITATIVE RELATIONSHIPS; Nature of Gaseous Discharges; High-speed Electrons and Gas Molecules; Random and Drift Currents Within a Plasma; Theory of the Motions of Ions; Determining Values of Fundamental Factors; CHAPTER 11. ELECTRICAL DISCHARGES IN GASES.
- PART I. SURVEY OF FUNDAMENTAL PROCESSESA. Production of Electrons and Ions in Gases; B. Liberation of Electrons and Ions from Electrodes; C. Disappearance of Electrons and Ions; D. Motions of Electrons and Ions; CHAPTER 12. ELECTRICAL DISCHARGES IN GASES; PART II FUNDAMENTAL PHENOMENA IN ELECTRICAL DISCHARGES; Introduction; The Electrostatic Fields Due to Electrodes and to Uniform Space Charges; The Flow of Current in High Vacuum When Space Charge is Negligible; The Effect of Space Charge on the Flow of Current in High Vacuum; APPENDIX I.