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Published August 1927 | Published
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The Relation between Temperature and Work Function in Thermionic Emission

Abstract

It is the purpose of the present paper to show that an interdependence also exists between the difference in temperature (∂T) and, the difference in work function (∂b) for the positive and negative thermionic currents from a given surface in the presence of various gases.

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Copyright © 1927 National Academy of Sciences. Communicated July 15, 1927. The writer's best thanks are due Professor R. A. Millikan for his interest and advice.

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