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Carbides as cathodes for thermionic space reactors - emission, stability, vaporization, and mechanical, irradiation, and diffusion properties of uranium and zirconium carbide
SET program developments, and four-converter thermionic generator thermal analysis and performance characteristics
Series VII solar energy thermionic converter design, fabrication, and testing
Solar energy thermionic converter development
Performance of thermionic converters, discussing voltage output, interelectrode spacing, rhenium- rhenium and rhenium-molybdenum electrode systems
High endurance thermionic cathodes for Kaufman thrustors, discussing emissive coatings and emissive layer starvation
SET VIII Thermionic generator, evaluating operational and long term performance characteristics for space applications
Astronautics information, thermionic and thermo- electric conversions systems
500-electrical-watt solar energy thermionic conversion system for a mars spacecraft
Thermionic converters in a large electric powerplant in space
Selection of thermionic cathodes for reactor tests
Uranium and zirconium carbide cathodes for thermionic space reactors - vapor loss, diffusion rate and thermoconductivity
Carbides as nuclear heated thermionic cathodes
Chemical regeneration of hot metal surfaces - sublimation of thermionic converters
Thermionic screening of bodies in atmosphere and interplanetary space
Thermionic electron emission currents from cesium coated tungsten accelerator electrodes in ion thrusters
Review of research on cesium thermionic converters and generators for solar space power systems done at the thermo electron corporation
The arc mode of operation of the cesium-vapor type diode of thermionic energy converter