Cathode keeper orifice wear measurements using surface layer activation

41st AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Kolasinski, Robert D ^a   Polk, James E ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP SPACE; LIFE-TESTS; MASS LOSS; POST-TEST ANALYSIS; SHORT DURATIONS; SPUTTER DAMAGE; SURFACE LAYERS; UNDERLYING CAUSE; WALL EROSION; WEAR MEASUREMENTS; WEAR PROCESS; WEAR RATES; WEAR TEST; XENON IONS;

OCEAN CURRENTS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; ORIFICES; PARTICLE BEAM TRACKING; PROPULSION; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES; XENON;

SURFACES;

EID: 77957833422     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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