Cathode high-voltage

Electrical sources static electricity, electrical current, lightning, stray currents (radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation, overhead high voltage transmission lines, galvanic and cathodic protection stray currents)... 

By virtue of the high breakdown potential of the oxide film (approximately 155 V in sea water and 280 V in low conductivity water of pH = 7) tantalum has found use as a substrate for platinum in impressed-current cathodic-protection anodes, which can be used at high impressed voltages (50 V) and high current densities. However, because of its lower cost, niobium is preferred for systems that have to operate at high voltages... 

High-voltage coating-testing equipment When cathodic protection is applied to a structure which has a protective coating, the current required is proportional to the bare metal area on the structure. Thus whenever a protective coating is applied it should be of good quality, with very few failures or pin holes in it, so that the cathodic-protection system may be economic. 

Electron beam sterilisation is a high-voltage potential established between a cathode and an anode in an evacuated tube. The cathode emits electrons, as a cathodic ray or electron beam. A high intensity of electrons is produced. These electrons are accelerated to extremely high velocities. These accelerated electron intensities have great potential as a bacteriocide. Most electron beams operate in a vacuum. As a result the unwanted organisms in the media vanish and the media is sterilised. 

The tube-current stabilizer is usually put in the grounded return output circuit of the high-voltage transformer. The stabilizer functions by properly adjusting the a-c heating current through the filament (x-ray tube cathode), and in this way regulating the electron emission. 

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