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<p><b>Thermionic emission</b> is the liberation of <a href="page.php?w=charged_particles">charged particles</a> from a hot <a href="page.php?w=electrode">electrode</a> whose <a href="page.php?w=thermal_energy">thermal energy</a> gives some particles enough <a href="page.php?w=kinetic_energy">kinetic energy</a> to escape the material's surface. The particles, sometimes called thermions in early literature, are now known to be <a href="page.php?w=ion_source">ions</a> or <a href="page.php?w=electrons">electrons</a>. <b>Thermal electron emission</b> is</p><p>
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