Triple langmuir probe measurements in the plume of a pulsed plasma thruster

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 762-771

  EcKman, Robert ^a,c   Byrne, Lawrence ^a,d   Gatsonis, Nikolaos A ^a,d   Pencil, Eric J ^b,d  

^a WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c General Electric Aircraft Engines   (United States)

^d AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; DATA REDUCTION; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES; PROBES; PROPELLANTS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL PLUMES;

LANGMUIR PROBES; PULSED PLASMA THRUSTERS (PPT);

ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPULSION;

EID: 0035394450     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.5831     Document Type: Article

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