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Electric Propulsion II
£2.75
Part 2 of 2 in the Electric Propulsion series. Topics in this product include hollow cathodes, gridded ion thruster theory, Hall thruster operation and the Hall parameter, VASIMR and electron cyclotron resonance, and electrospray and other emerging thruster concepts.
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PropulsionPage-by-page contents
Propulsion
Page-by-page contents
- 01Hollow cathodes, how they work and what they do, Richardson-Dushman law
- 02Gridded Ion thrusters, types, schematic, components, operating conditions, theory
- 03Example
- 04Hall thrusters, exit/drift velocity, hall current, hall parameter, Bohm diffusion, axial electron transport
- 05Hall thrusters, regimes, efficiency, operating conditions, improvements
- 06Variable specific impulse magnetoplasma rocket (VASIMR), electron cyclotron resonance (ECR)
- 07Electrospray thrusters, field evaporation, image-hump model, taylor cone
- 08Quad confinement thruster (QCT)
- 09Halo thruster, ice-cube thruster, dimensional reduction technique