Investigation of propellant inefficiencies in a pulsed plasma thruster

32nd Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages

  Spanjers, Gregory G ^a   McFall, Keith A ^a   Gulczinski, Frank S ^a   Spores, Ronald A ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; DENSITY OF GASES; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; IONIZATION OF GASES; MOLTEN MATERIALS; PLASMA DEVICES; PULSED PLASMA THRUSTERS; SOLID PROPELLANTS; SURFACE DISCHARGES; VELOCITY;

BROADBAND EMISSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FORCES; NEUTRAL DENSITIES; PLASMA ELECTRON DENSITY; PROPELLANT SURFACES; PROPELLANT UTILIZATIONS; THRUST EFFICIENCY; VELOCITY COMPONENTS;

SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

EID: 85087238421     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1996-2723     Document Type: Conference Paper

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