36th International Field Emission Symposium
J. Phys. Colloques 50 (1989) C8-203-C8-207
DOI: 10.1051/jphyscol:1989835
FIELD EMISSION OF LIQUID METALS IN ALTERNATING FIELDS
A.A. KONTONISTOV, I.N. RADCHENKO, G.N. FURSEY et L.A. SHIROCHINResearch Scientific Centre for Electrophysical Problems of Surface, (RSC EPS), 191065, Moyka 61, Leningrad, USSR
Abstract
It is experimentally shown that with oscillating electric fields of several GHz frequency at liquid conducting surfaces, the field emission of electrons and ions is possible due to the forming effect of the a.c. field on the surface.