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THREE CATHODES OF TANTALUM COMPOUNDS FOR FIELD-EMISSION GUNS

Xingming Jiang, Takeo Kato

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Tantalum tips with radius 0.1-0.5μm had been prepared by electrochemical etching, and then field-emission cathodes of tantalum nitride (Ta2N) tantalum carbide (Ta C), and tantalum carbide-nitride (TaNx Cy) with Ta-core were prepared by solidgas reaction on the surface of Ta tips. Typical field-emission patterns and work functions Regarding fild-emission characteristics were given. It is shown that tantalum compounds are promising materials for field emitters.

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Key concepts: Tantalum, Tantalum carbide, Tantalum nitride, Materials science, Field electron emission, Carbide, Cathode, Nitride