Design and fabrication of a micro-ion engine

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

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Mueller, Juergen ^a   Marrese, Colleen ^a   Wang, Joseph ^a   Polk, James ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBIDES; FABRICATION; FIELD EMISSION; FIELD EMISSION DISPLAYS; HAFNIUM COMPOUNDS; ION ENGINES; IONS; MOLYBDENUM; PROPULSION; ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS;

CATH-ODE MATERIALS; EXPERIMENTAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS; FIELD EMISSION ARRAYS; FIELD EMITTER ARRAYS; FIELD EMITTER TIPS; TEST AND EVALUATION; THIN-FILM COATINGS; ZIRCONIUM CARBIDE;

FIELD EMISSION CATHODES;

EID: 85088186096     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2000-3264     Document Type: Conference Paper

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