Definition of thermionic emission

1) you can get a current to flow from a heated filament to a positive
electrode in a vacuum; this emission is simply electrons flowing from the filament to the positive electrode.

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  1. Emission Spectrum
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  7. atomic emission spectroscopy (AES)
  8. ac arc
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