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Investigation on a 13-cm xenon cusp ion thruster

Conference ·
OSTI ID:6285256
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An experimental study of a 3-cm diameter ring-cusp ion thruster using xenon as a propellant is described. The laboratory model is the thruster with the designed thrust of 20 mN and specific impulse of 3800 sec at the exhaust beam energy of 1.2 keV. The thruster is influenced by a magnetic configuration in a discharge chamber and an ion extraction assembly. The behavior of a discharge plasma in a ring-cusp magnetic field is of principal interest. It is also of importance for the interpretation of experiments. 11 references.
OSTI ID:
6285256
Report Number(s):
AIAA-Paper-87-1030; CONF-870558-
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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42 ENGINEERING
420200* -- Engineering-- Facilities
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ATOMS
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ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
ELEMENTS
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ION THRUSTERS
LEPTONS
NONMETALS
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