Download or read book Electron Physics of Vacuum and Gaseous Devices written by Miroslav Sedlacek and published by Wiley-VCH. This book was released on 1996-04-05 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: However, the electron tube has continued as the component of choice in a wide range of important devices and applications where semiconductors simply will not do: televisions, electron microscopes, spectrometers, X-ray equipment, accelerators, devices using freely charged particles, and microwave devices, to name a few.