Publication Date:
2019-07-13
Description:
Several closely-spaced dished accelerator grid systems have been fabricated and tested on a 30-cm diameter mercury bombardment thruster and they appear to be a solution to the stringent requirements imposed by the near-term, high-thrust, low specific impulse electric propulsion missions. The grids were simultaneously hydroformed and then simultaneously stress relieved. The ion extraction capability and discharge chamber performance were studied as the total accelerating voltage, the ratio of net-to-total voltage, grid spacing, and dish direction were varied.
Keywords:
PROPULSION SYSTEMS
Type:
AIAA PAPER 72-486
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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Electric Propulsion Conference; Apr 17, 1972 - Apr 19, 1972; Bethesda, MD
Format:
text
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