title: Scandium oxide coated polycrystalline tungsten studied using emission microscopy and photoelectron spectroscopy.
abstract: Thermionic electron emission from 200 to 500 nm thick coatings of scandium oxide on tungsten foil have been examined in thermionic emission microscopy, spectroscopic photoelectron microcopy, synchrotron radiation and ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy (UPS). A clear dependence of the scandium oxide-W electron yield on the grain orientation of the polycrystalline tungsten is observed in thermionic emission and photoelectron emission.
authors.affiliation: Ohio University, Athens Ohio, USA.
authors.forename: Congshang
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wan
authors.forename: Joel M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Vaughn
authors.forename: Jerzy T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Sadowski
authors.forename: Martin E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Kordesch