Applied Physics and Mathematics Annotation << Back THE POSSIBILITY OF METAL DECAY AS A RESULT OF THERMIONIC EMISSION A.A. SOBKO The scheme of a non-classical experiment on the study of thermionic emission in which the heating of an electron emitting an electron is produced not by an electric current but by a powerful laser is proposed. The concentration of electrons in the metal decreases, which can lead to a decrease in the melting point of the metal and further decay of the metal into atoms and ions. Keywords: Thermionic emission, laser heating of electron concentration, dissolution of metal. DOI: 10.25791/pfim.04.2018.141 Contacts: E-mail: ainrf@mail.ru Pp. 17-19.