The effects of nude faraday probe design and vacuum facility backpressure on the measured ion current density profile of hall thruster plumes

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

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Walker, Mitchell L R ^a   Hofer, Richard R ^a   Gallimore, Alec D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; CURRENT DENSITY; HALL THRUSTERS; IONS; PROPULSION; XENON;

ANGULAR POSITIONS; BACKGROUND PRESSURE; CHARGE EXCHANGE COLLISION; ION CURRENT DENSITY; LARGE VACUUM TEST FACILITIES; MATERIAL SELECTION; OPERATING CONDITION; UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN;

PROBES;

EID: 85088180986     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2002-4253     Document Type: Conference Paper

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