Method of fabricating material for the electrodes of gas discharge devices

A method is claimed of manufacturing a material for the electrodes of gas discharge devices based on an alloy of a refractory metal, for example, tungsten, with metals of the iron group, for example nickel, and an additive of an alkaline earth oxide. The method is distinguished by the fact that, with the goal of improving the uniformity of distribution of the components in the material, a suspension is prepared from tungstic anhydride, the tungstate of the alkaline earth metal and a water-soluble salt of nickel, a precipitating agent, for example, ammonium carbonate, is added to the suspension, and after formation of the nickel carbonate the resulting mixture is filtered, calcined in air and reduced in hydrogen.