Characterization of cathode keeper wear by Surface Layer Activation

39th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2003, 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

ACCURATE MEASUREMENT; DEMONSTRATION TESTS; DIAGNOSTIC METHODS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DISCHARGE CATHODE KEEPERS; GAMMA SPECTROSCOPY SYSTEMS; OPERATING PARAMETERS; SOLAR ELECTRIC PROPULSION;

CATHODES; NASA; PROPULSION; SURFACES; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

EROSION;

EID: 84897803165     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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