Mass spectral measurements in the plume of an SPT-100 Hall thruster

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1086-1092

  King, Lyon B ^a,b   Gallimore, Alec D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHITE; ION PROPULSION; MASS SPECTROMETERS; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PLASMAS; PROPELLANTS; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION; XENON;

HALL THRUSTERS; MOLECULAR BEAM MASS SPECTROMETERS;

BOOSTERS (ROCKET);

EID: 0034319893     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.5681     Document Type: Article

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