Endurance test of C/C Grids for 14-cm xenon ion thrusters

38th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Hayakawa, Y ^a   Kitamura, S ^a   Miyazaki, K ^a  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON CARBON COMPOSITES; ION ENGINES; ION PROPULSION; XENON;

DAMAGED AREA; ENDURANCE TEST; GRID SURFACES; HIGH VOLTAGE; ION EXTRACTION; ION IMPINGEMENT; XENON IONS;

IONS;

EID: 85087193916     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2002-3958     Document Type: Conference Paper

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