Discharge from hot CaO.
Discharge from hot CaO.
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DOI:
10.1103/physrevseriesi.32.492
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发表时间:
1911-05-01
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通讯作者:
Child, CD
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Child, CD
According to Myers' there will be II. 2)(Io molecules per cc under these condition of pressure and temperature. From this we find that each molecule will on the average behit once in 48, ooo sec., or once in thirteen hours, and it only requires a fraction of a second to produce the luminous discharge when the conditions are right for it.This is, of course, not an argument against ionization by repeated impact after the luminous discharge has commenced, for thenthe number of electrons will be very much greater, but the idea of such impact was used by Thomsonas an explanation of the beginning of the luminous discharge, and it is an argument against such an explanation. There will, however, be other data given later which indicate that not at any time is there ionization by repeated impact. Critical Condition Doesnot Depend on the Amount of CNrrent, but on the Condition of the Cathode.—In the second place experiments indicate that the voltage required to change from the non-luminous to the luminous discharge depends but slightly, if at all, on the amount of current flowing, but does depend very greatly onthe kind and condition ofthe cathode. That is, the number of electrons passing through the tube and hitting upon the molecules does not determine the point where the change occurs, while other conditions do.