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Electrical Discharges in Gases. Part I. Survey of Fundamental Processes

Karl T. Compton and Irving Langmuir

Karl T. Compton

  • Princeton University

Irving Langmuir

  • Research Laboratory of the General Electric Company

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Rev. Mod. Phys. 2, 123 – Published 1 April, 1930

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.2.123

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