Magnetic circuit for enhanced discharge chamber performance of a small ion thruster

34th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  Menart, James A ^a   Patterson, Michael J ^b  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRACTION; ION ENGINES; ION PROPULSION; IONS; MAGNETISM; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TIMING CIRCUITS;

CIRCUIT CONFIGURATIONS; DISCHARGE CHAMBER; DISCHARGE POWER; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; EXTENSIVE TESTING; ION SATURATION CURRENT; RARE EARTH MAGNET; RELATIVE PERFORMANCE;

MAGNETIC CIRCUITS;

EID: 84963791936     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1998-3343     Document Type: Conference Paper

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