NSTAR extended life test discharge chamber flake analyses

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

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  De Groh, Kim K ^a,c   Banks, Bruce A ^a,c   Karniotis, Christina A ^b,c  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b QSS GROUP INC   (United States)

^c Electro Physics Branch   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DEGRADATION; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; EROSION; FIELD EMISSION CATHODES; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; GRAPHIC METHODS; ION PROPULSION; IONS; NASA; OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; OXYGEN; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

DEGRADATION MECHANISM; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPIES (EDS); FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ION SPUTTER EROSION; LAYERED STRUCTURES; POTENTIAL PROBLEMS; SANDWICH-LIKE STRUCTURE; SOLAR ELECTRIC PROPULSION;

ION ENGINES;

EID: 85085399257     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2004-3612     Document Type: Conference Paper

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