Home > Terms > English, UK (UE) > Thermionic emission

Thermionic emission

The emission of electrons or ions by a hot object. For example, the filament in a mass spectrometer spits out energetic electrons that ionise atoms and molecules in the sample.

This is auto-generated content. You can help to improve it.
0
Collect to Blossary

Member comments

You have to log in to post to discussions.

Terms in the News

Featured Terms

Harry8L
  • 0

    Terms

  • 0

    Blossaries

  • 1

    Followers

Industry/Domain: Natural environment Category: Climate change

Earth Hour

Originated in Sydney in 2007, Earth Hour is a global event held annually on the last Saturday of March to raise awareness of the need to protect the ...

Contributor

Featured blossaries

Seattle

Category: Geography   1 1 Terms

Caviar

Category: Food   2 4 Terms