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Would You Prefer a Material with a High Melting Point Or a Low Melting Point to Be Used as a Cathode in a Diode? - Physics

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Would you prefer a material with a high melting point or a low melting point to be used as a cathode in a diode?

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We will prefer a material with high melting point to be used as the cathode in a diode. The material of the cathode of a diode should be resistant to high temperature, have high melting point and be electrically conductive because thermionic emission occurs at high temperature.

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पाठ 19: Electric Current through Gases - Short Answers [पृष्ठ ३५१]

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एचसी वर्मा Concepts of Physics Vol. 2 [English] Class 11 and 12
पाठ 19 Electric Current through Gases
Short Answers | Q 4 | पृष्ठ ३५१

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