Operation of a segmented Hall thruster with low-sputtering carbon-velvet electrodes

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Raitses, Y ^a   Staack, D ^a   Dunaevsky, A ^a   Fisch, N J ^a  

^a PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CARBON-VELVET ELECTRODES; HALL THRUSTER;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRODES; HALL EFFECT; PLASMAS; SPUTTERING;

CARBON FIBERS;

EID: 33645519602     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2168023     Document Type: Article

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