Triple langmuir probe measurements in the plume of a pulsed plasma thruster

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

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  Eckman, Robert ^a   Byrne, Lawrence ^a   Cameron, Edward ^a   Gatsonis, Nikos A ^a   Pencil, Eric J ^b  

^a Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^b NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRONS; LANGMUIR PROBES; NASA; PROPULSION; PULSED PLASMA THRUSTERS;

ANGULAR LOCATIONS; DIAGNOSTIC METHODS; DOWNSTREAM DISTANCES; LABORATORY MODELS; MAXIMUM DENSITY; PROPELLANT SURFACES; TIME EVOLUTIONS; TRIPLE LANGMUIR PROBES;

ELECTRON TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84963829731     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1998-3806     Document Type: Conference Paper

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