Molybdenum field emission array cathode performance in primarily Xenon environments: Preliminary experimental results at low operating voltages

36th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Marrese, Colleen M ^a   Polk, James E ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIELD EMISSION; FIELD EMISSION DISPLAYS; MOLYBDENUM; PROPULSION; REFRACTORY METAL COMPOUNDS; XENON;

CATHODE PERFORMANCE; GATE ELECTRODES; LOW OPERATING VOLTAGE; MOLYBDENUM FIELD EMISSION; OXYGEN AND NITROGENS; PERFORMANCE DEGRADATION;

FIELD EMISSION CATHODES;

EID: 85085402869     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2000-3266     Document Type: Conference Paper

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