caa a22 4500 475828003 CHVBK 20180406123834.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF02673515 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF02673515 Koryukin V. aut Change in the properties of the electrodes of thermionic single-element EGC at the initial stage of operation [Elektronische Daten] [V. Koryukin] The initial emission-adsorption characteristics of the electrodes of single-element EGC thermionic energy converters were studied. The basic processes occurring at the electrodes and in the interelectrode space at the initial stage of operation, which ultimately affect the stability of the emission-adsorption characteristics of the electrodes, were examined. The dominant factors singled out are the evaporation of the emitter material and the transport of this material through the gap onto the collector and the effect of the active components of the residual gases (oxygen and carbon monoxide) in the interelectrode gap on the electrode properties. The surface state of the electrodes varies during the thermal vacuum preparation and during placement of the EGC into the working regime as well as in the nominal regimes. 10 figures, 17 references. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 2000 Atomic Energy Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 89/1(2000-07-01), 555-564 1063-4258 89:1<555 2000 89 10512 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02673515 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02673515 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Koryukin V. aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Atomic Energy Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 89/1(2000-07-01), 555-564 1063-4258 89:1<555 2000 89 10512 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer