The positive electrode of a carbon arc i
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C. Krygsman
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Article
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1938
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Elsevier Science
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The emission of the positive electrode of a carbon arc in air is calibrated. It turns out to be the same as the emission of a blackbody of a temperature of about 3800Β°K; in the ultraviolet ~the continuous emission of the gas of the arc is superposed on the positive-electrode emission.