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hot cathode  cathode heater  cathode poisoning  emissive layer  HCFL
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In vacuum tubes and gas-filled tubes, a hot cathode or thermionic cathode is a cathode electrode which is heated to make it emit electrons due to thermionic emission. Wikipedia
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In vacuum tubes and gas-filled tubes, a hot cathode or thermionic cathode is a cathode electrode which is heated to make it emit electrons due to thermionic emission. Wikipedia
The heated cathode of a thermionic valve. Wiktionary