Engineering topics
Publications and source records attributed to Van Someren, L..
Thermionic converter improvements by electronegative additives and emitter surface finishes, noting cesium oxide, heat treatments with electropolishing, electroetching, etc
Quadrupole mass spectrometer for thermochemical properties of cesium oxide
Emission characteristics, work function measurements, and variable spacing data on vapor-deposited tungsten emitter, and cesium pressure effects
Partial pole figures in vapor deposited and wrought cylindrical tungsten specimens, noting random surface produced by orientation
Oxidation products of cesium studied by differential thermal analysis
Cesium oxides as electronegative additives, single crystal tungsten converter, vapor-deposited tunsten emitter materials, and thermodynamic meaning of electronegativity and work function
Thermionic emitter surface evaluations through work function vs temperature and through electrical output
Interdiffusion in rhenium emitters fabricated by pressure bonding tested with electron beam, discussing thermal cycling effect
Experimental research on thermionic energy conversion
Design, fabrication, calibration, instrumentation, and operation of test converter to generate parameters in thermionic converter operation
Cesium fluoride and argon plasma additive effects in thermionic converters
Thermal energy storage converter with rhenium capsule
Cesium vapor thermionic converters - use of argon with inert gas additives
Cesium and cesium fluoride adsorption on refractory metal surface measured by thermionic emission and photoelectric scanning devices