TriservicerNASA cathode life test facility

Since December 1992, Naval Surface Warfare Center-Crane Division NSWCCD.has logged over 1,318,000 h of cathode life testing on 6 different cathode systems in the TriservicerNASA Cathode Life Test Facility. These include two types of reservoir cathodes designated as MK Siemens., and RV CPI, formerly Varian., and impregnated matrix cathodes designated M type manufactured by Semicon and Hughes., TM Transition Metal cathodes-CPI. and MMM Mixed Metal Matrix cathodes-CPI.. This paper will present results of the cathode life testing at this facility. q1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved