Thermonic emission occurs in______________?
Correct answer: A. vacuum tubes
- A. vacuum tubes
- B. copper conductors
- C. ferrite cores
- D. transistors
Explanation
Thermionic emission is the release of electrons from a heated cathode, a process central to vacuum tubes. Ordinary copper conductors and transistors do not normally operate through thermionic emission.
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