Testing of carbon nanotube field emission cathodes

40th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Gasdaska, Charles J ^a,b   Falkos, Paul ^a,b   Hruby, Vlad ^a,b   Robin, Michael ^a,b   Demmons, Nate ^a,b   McCormick, Ryan ^a,b   Spence, Doug ^a,b   Young, John ^a,b  

^a Busek Co   (United States)

^b 11 Tech Circle ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEFORE AND AFTER; CATHODE CURRENTS; CATHODE OPERATIONS; COLLOID THRUSTERS; CURRENT BEHAVIORS; LAUNCH LOADS; LIFE-TESTS; LONG DURATION; MULTIWALL NANOTUBES; NEW MILLENNIUM PROGRAMS; PRE-EXPOSURE; SPACE TECHNOLOGIES; UV EXPOSURE; VIBRATION TESTING; VIBRATIONAL LOADS;

CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODES; FIELD EMISSION; FIELD EMISSION DISPLAYS; IONIC LIQUIDS; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; LAUNCHING; MOLECULAR OXYGEN; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NASA; PNEUMATIC CONTROL EQUIPMENT; SPACE FLIGHT;

FIELD EMISSION CATHODES;

EID: 84888476388     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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