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Equations for Thermionic Emission

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IN 1923, S. Dushman developed a general equation for thermionic emission, in agreement with the hitherto less frequently used one of the two equations suggested by O. W. Richardson, namely, when i = thermionic current in amp./cm.2. T = absolute temperature. b = constant for the substance. A = a universal constant.

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FREEDMAN, P. Equations for Thermionic Emission. Nature 118, 193–194 (1926). https://doi.org/10.1038/118193b0

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