Ferroelectric emission cathodes for low-power electric propulsion

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

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Kovaleski, Scott D ^a  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC PROPULSION; FERROELECTRICITY; FIELD EMISSION CATHODES; NASA; TETHERLINES; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

APPLIED VOLTAGES; AVERAGE CURRENT DENSITIES; COLLOID THRUSTERS; ELECTRIC THRUSTER; ELECTRODYNAMIC TETHER SYSTEM; ELECTRON EMITTERS; FIELD EMISSION ELECTRIC PROPULSIONS; VACUUM ARC THRUSTER;

SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

EID: 85087596056     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2002-4242     Document Type: Conference Paper

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