On Tue, 25 Dec 2007 13:49:52 -0800 (PST), art
wrote:

So let me reiterate.In a electron gun the electron is torn away
from its orbit which diminishes the mass of the parent material.

Hi Art,

The week is up, and your research reveals you have gone off into the
ditch. You have utterly failed to account for the necessity of the
"work function" when it comes to separating an electron from any
surface (your appeal to diamagnetics is specious).

I could go deeper into your absurdity of mass reduction above by
asking you how much mass would a filament be reduced by with a typical
cathode current of 1 Ampere - but I will save the board the boredom of
your string of non-answers when you are invited to specifically
support your own specific statements.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC

On 30 Dec, 09:48, Richard Clark wrote:
On Tue, 25 Dec 2007 13:49:52 -0800 (PST), art
wrote:

So let me reiterate.In a electron gun the electron is torn away
from its orbit which diminishes the mass of the parent material.

Hi Art,

The week is up, and your research reveals you have gone off into the
ditch. *You have utterly failed to account for the necessity of the
"work function" when it comes to separating an electron from any
surface (your appeal to diamagnetics is specious).

I could go deeper into your absurdity of mass reduction above by
asking you how much mass would a filament be reduced by with a typical
cathode current of 1 Ampere - but I will save the board the boredom of
your string of non-answers when you are invited to specifically
support your own specific statements.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC

While the three cavaliers Richard , Richard and Richard were away
we took advantage of their absence. Discussed things in a civil manner
where we were able to resolve the outstanding matters and close this
thread.
You need to go elseware to spew your comments and irritate people
or start another thread, this subject has been resolved to my
satisfaction
Have a great new year incase I miss your missives
Art

Richard Clark wrote:
"The week is up and your (Art`s) search reveals you have gone off into
the ditch."

Look for the answer to how electrons escape a material on page 172 of
Terman`s 1955 opus. On page 173 Terman writes:
"It can be considered as an evaporation of electrons in which the energy
the electron must give up in escaping corresponds to the latent heat of
vaporization of the liquid."

Best regards, Richard Harrison, KB5WZI

On Sun, 30 Dec 2007 15:18:27 -0600, (Richard
Harrison) wrote:

Richard Clark wrote:
"The week is up and your (Art`s) search reveals you have gone off into
the ditch."

Look for the answer to how electrons escape a material on page 172 of
Terman`s 1955 opus. On page 173 Terman writes:
"It can be considered as an evaporation of electrons in which the energy
the electron must give up in escaping corresponds to the latent heat of
vaporization of the liquid."

Hi Richard,

A very good citation there. However, it might confuse Prior Arthur in
the allusion to liquid.

However, to further the mysteries of diamagnetics, it would be
interesting to read how Prior Art describes how water (a diamagnetic)
refuses to radiate when his proposition is so heavily invested with
that phenomenon.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC

Richard Harrison wrote:
Richard Clark wrote:
"The week is up and your (Art`s) search reveals you have gone off into
the ditch."

Look for the answer to how electrons escape a material on page 172 of
Terman`s 1955 opus. On page 173 Terman writes:
"It can be considered as an evaporation of electrons in which the energy
the electron must give up in escaping corresponds to the latent heat of
vaporization of the liquid."

Best regards, Richard Harrison, KB5WZI

And he then goes on to say,

"The properties of matter are such that thermionic emission of electrons
does not become appreciable until temperatures of the order of 1000
degrees K or higher are reached."

The quotes are from the "Thermionic Emission of Electrons" section.

Roy Lewallen, W7EL