Spectroscopic emission measurements of a pulsed plasma thruster plume

33rd Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1997, Pages

  Markusic, Thomas E ^a   Spores, Ronald A ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; PLASMA DEVICES; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES; PROPULSION; SOLID PROPELLANTS; SURVEYS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

DEGREE OF EXCITATION; EMISSION MEASUREMENT; LINE EMISSION INTENSITY; OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTRA; PLASMA TEMPERATURE; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE (PTFE); TEMPORALLY RESOLVED; TIME RESOLVED MEASUREMENT;

PULSED PLASMA THRUSTERS;

EID: 84962921627     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (12)

1. J. LeDuc, D. Bromaghim, T. Peterson, Mission Planning, Hardware Development, and Ground Testing for the Pulsed Plasma Thruster (PPT) Space Demonstration on MightySat II.1. AIAA-97-2777, 33rd Joint Propulsion Conference, Seattle Wa, July 7-9, 1997.
2. Cassady, R.J., Myers, R.M., and Osborne, R.D. Pulsed Plasma Thrusters for Spacecraft Attitude Control. JANNAF, Albequerque, N.M., December, 1996.
3. G. Spanjers, K. McFall, F. Gulczinski III, R. Spores, Investigation of Propellant Inefficiencies in a Pulsed Plasma Thruster. AIAA- 96-2723, 32nd Joint Propulsion Conference, Lake Buena Vista, Fl, July 1-3, 1996.
4. Oriel Corporation(1994), Light Sources, Monochromators, Spectrographs, Detectors, Fiber Optics Vol. 2.
5. Weast, R.C. CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. CRC Press, 1989.
6. Moore, C.E. Tables of Spectra of Hydrogen, Carbon, Nitrogen, and Oxygen Atoms and Ions. CRC Press, 1993.
7. Pearse, R.W.B., and Gaydon, A.G. The Identification of molecular Spectra. Chapman and Hall, 1976.
8. Ruchti, C.B., and Niemeyer, L. Ablation Controlled Arcs. Transactions on Plasma Science, Vol. PS-14, No.4, August 1986.
9. Auciello, O., and Flamm, D.L. Plasma Diagnostics Volume 1. Academic Press, Inc., 1989.
10. Demtroder, W., Laser Spectroscopy. Springer-Verlag, 1988.
11. Bekefi, G., Principals of Laser Plasmas. Wiley, 1976.
12. Vondra, R.J., Thomasson, K.I., Solbes, A., Exhaust Velocity Studies of a Solid Teflon Pulsed Plasma Thruster. J. Spacecraft 5,61 (1972).