The cathdde voltage drop, in a mercury arc rectifier, is due to_____________?

Rectifiers and Converters 15/11/2021

A. expenditure of energy in ionization
B. surface resistance
C. expenditure of energy in overcoming the electrostatic field
D. expenditure of energy in liberating electrons from the mercury

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