Microfluidics of Liquid Propellant Microthruster for Pico-Satellites

IEEJ Transactions on Sensors and Micromachines

Volumn 123, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 436-441

  Osaki, Yasuhiko ^a   Takahashi, Koji ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

catalytic reaction; hydrogen peroxide; microchannel; microthruster; wettability

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049437700     PISSN: 13418939     EISSN: 13475525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1541/ieejsmas.123.436     Document Type: Article

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