A comparison between the constancy and reproducibility of the hollow cathode, glow discharge and spark light sources was carried out. Samples of pure copper as well as of commercial brass and steel were investigated. Results show that the hollow cathode produces a better reproducibility of the measurements in all the cases examined.
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