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Properties of a metal-plasma contact

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It is shown from an analysis of experimental data that the effective work function of a metal in the presence of a plasma is lower than the value in vacuo.

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    I. N. Ostretsov, V. A. Petrosov, A. A. Porotnikov & B. B. Rodnevich

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Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Mekhaniki i Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, No. 6, pp. 162–164, November–December, 1974.

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Ostretsov, I.N., Petrosov, V.A., Porotnikov, A.A. et al. Properties of a metal-plasma contact. J Appl Mech Tech Phys 15, 869–871 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00864611

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