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are both given the same name; and (3) a variety of names exist for these equations, including "Richardson equation", "Dushman's equation", "Richardson–Dushman equation" and "Richardson–Laue–Dushman equation". In the literature, the elementary equation is sometimes given in circumstances where the
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cast a light shadow on the glass, as if negatively-charged carbon emanated from the negative end and was attracted towards and sometimes absorbed by the positive end of the filament loop. This projected carbon was deemed "electrical carrying" and initially ascribed to an effect in
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move from a negative to a positive electrode. To try to redirect the charged carbon particles to a separate electrode instead of the glass, Edison did a series of experiments (a first inconclusive one is in his notebook on 13 February 1880) such as the following successful one:
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an appliance which permits only the passage of electric current in one direction and constitutes therefore an electrical valve."
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Ang, Yee Sin; Ang, L. K. (2016). "Current-Temperature
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Svensson, R.; Holmlid, L. (1992). "Very low work function surfaces from condensed excited states: Rydber matter of cesium".
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which yield a decrease of collector emitting work function from 1.5 eV to 1.0–0.7 eV. Due to long-lived nature of
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Thermionic Emission from Graphene and a Thermionic Energy Converter".
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Schottky heterostructures".
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Schwede, J. W.; et al. (2010). "Photon-enhanced thermionic emission for solar concentrator systems".
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Mal'Shukov, A. G.; Chao, K. A. (2001). "Opto-Thermionic
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Richardson constant for thermionic emission in Schottky barrier diodes".
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2657:10.1016/0038-1101(65)90116-4
1758:"Thermionic power converter"
422:thermionic vacuum tube diode
148:devices and can be used for
90:gives some particles enough
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3985:Tales from the Bully Pulpit
3768:Edison Illuminating Company
2991:10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.5570
2290:American Journal of Physics
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414:Wireless Telegraphy Company
388:, and filed a patent for a
277:carbonized bamboo filaments
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3823:Oriental Telephone Company
3783:Edison Ore-Milling Company
2096:. 3rd series (in German).
2062:. 3rd series (in German).
2020:. 3rd series (in German).
1952:. 2nd series (in German).
1910:. 2nd series (in German).
1864:Richardson, O. W. (2003).
1675:Becquerel, Edmond (1853).
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412:, working for the British
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2484:O. W. Richardson (1901).
2238:Elster and Geitel (1889)
2217:Elster and Geitel (1887)
2196:Elster and Geitel (1885)
2175:Elster and Geitel (1883)
2154:Elster and Geitel (1882)
1807:10.1080/14786447308640935
296:where negatively-charged
160:) or cooling. Thermionic
108:Thermal electron emission
3859:National Historical Park
3651:Edison's Phonograph Doll
3411:Backward-wave oscillator
2954:10.1103/PhysRev.102.1464
2114:10.1002/andp.18842570105
2072:10.1002/andp.18832561214
2038:10.1002/andp.18792430804
1970:10.1002/andp.18692120203
1928:10.1002/andp.18692120102
682:Lothar Wolfgang Nordheim
129:in 1880 while inventing
4110:Statue of Thomas Edison
3717:Incandescent light bulb
3166:Physical Review Applied
2970:Physical Review Letters
2859:Solid-State Electronics
2783:Physical Review Applied
2728:Physical Review Letters
2673:Physical Review Applied
2636:Solid-State Electronics
1762:Encyclopedia Britannica
450:Owen Willans Richardson
188:. Vacuum emission from
3901:Theodore Miller Edison
3818:Mine Safety Appliances
3753:Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
3641:List of Edison patents
3285:Theoretical principles
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2395:Josephson, M. (1959).
2376:10.1098/rspl.1884.0093
1846:10.1098/rspl.1872.0037
1699:Philosophical Magazine
1693:Becquerel, E. (1853).
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2443:Fleming, John Ambrose
2355:Preece, William Henry
2265:www.amusingplanet.com
1872:Wexford College Press
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3681:Quadruplex telegraph
3583:List of tube sockets
3578:List of vacuum tubes
3416:Beam deflection tube
3224:, john-a-harper.com.
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3732:Thermionic emission
3727:Nickel–iron battery
3707:Edison–Lalande cell
3702:Consolidated Edison
3501:Traveling-wave tube
3292:Thermionic emission
3189:2016PhRvP...6c4013A
3091:2010NatMa...9..762S
3024:1992SurSc.269..695S
2983:2001PhRvL..86.5570M
2946:1956PhRv..102.1464M
2895:"Schottky emission"
2893:Orloff, J. (2008).
2872:2008SSEle..52.1032K
2806:2019PhRvP..12a4057A
2696:2015PhRvP...3a4002L
2649:1965SSEle...8..395C
2302:1960AmJPh..28..763J
2106:1884AnP...257...90H
2030:1879AnP...243..553H
1962:1869AnP...212..197H
1920:1869AnP...212....1H
1622:Stanford University
1571:vacuum permittivity
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3278:Thermionic valves
2977:(24): 5570–5573.
2912:978-1-4200-4554-3
2622:. pp. 63–64.
2414:978-0-07-033046-7
2336:Edison, Thomas A.
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3666:Kinetoscope
3632:Discoveries
3491:Sutton tube
3302:Hot cathode
2405:McGraw-Hill
2086:Hittorf, W.
2052:Hittorf, W.
2010:Hittorf, W.
1984:Hittorf, W.
1942:Hittorf, W.
1914:(1): 1–31.
1900:Hittorf, W.
1627:solar cells
1586:10 V⋅m
1582:10 V⋅m
1356:(named for
461:band theory
434:heat engine
424:called the
418:radio waves
302:ionized gas
217:solid-state
166:hot cathode
82:from a hot
4130:Categories
3961:Literature
3864:State Park
3839:Birthplace
3676:Phonomotor
3671:Phonograph
3506:Trochotron
3436:Iconoscope
3426:Compactron
3421:Charactron
3365:Acorn tube
3180:1609.00460
3061:2010-08-04
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1772:2016-11-22
1743:2022-12-16
1733:1803/11438
1705:: 456–457.
1662:References
481:Richardson
444:Following
289:apparently
200:(730
146:electronic
4054:Edisonade
4036:Kidnapped
3832:Monuments
3686:Tasimeter
3471:Phototube
3466:Monoscope
3461:Magnetron
3456:Magic eye
3446:Kinescope
3390:Pentagrid
3205:119221695
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2903:CRC Press
2822:197430947
2767:206314695
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374:attracted
352:Edison's
334:electrode
330:evacuated
211:The term
152:(such as
104:electrons
96:thermions
84:electrode
69:sputtered
58:strontium
4012:The Kiss
3937:" (1998)
3746:Ventures
3571:Examples
3451:Klystron
3431:Eidophor
3406:Additron
3370:Nuvistor
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1645:See also
1597:regime.
479:In 1901
229:electron
178:carbides
43:filament
4068:Related
3562:Russian
3385:Pentode
3375:Tetrode
3185:Bibcode
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1797:. 4th.
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647:is the
639:is the
386:voltage
358:ammeter
354:circuit
223:History
182:borides
174:voltage
119:battery
62:calcium
32:fermion
4039:(1917)
4031:(1911)
4023:(1910)
4015:(1896)
4007:(1895)
3988:(2004)
3980:(1898)
3972:(1886)
3953:(2020)
3945:(2017)
3930:(1940)
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190:metals
170:vacuum
86:whose
65:oxides
54:barium
4047:Terms
3950:Tesla
3911:Films
3903:(son)
3897:(son)
3542:RETMA
3350:Diode
3342:Types
3322:Anode
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