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Author Langmuir, David B

Title Electrostatic Propulsion
Published Reston : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2000

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Description 1 online resource (591 pages)
Contents ""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Ion and Plasma Propulsion Committee""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""A. Ion Generation""; ""Introduction""; ""Experimental Performance of Ion Rockets Employing Electron-Bombardment Ion Sources""; ""The Duoplasmatron: Theoretical Studies and Experimental Observations""; ""The Development of a Negative Ion Source""; ""Liquid Metal Droplets for Heavy Particle Propulsion""; ""The Oscillating-Electron Plasma Source""; ""Theory of Ion Emission From Porous Media""; ""Characteristics of Porous Surface Ionizers""
""The Effects of Surface Structure and Adsorption on the lonization Efficiency of a Surface lonization Source""""B. Ion Acceleration and Impact Effects""; ""Introduction""; ""Multiple Beam Ion Motors""; ""Space-Charge Theory for Ion Beams""; ""Sputtering Due to High Velocity Ion Bombardment""; ""Sputtering of Copper by Ion Bombardment in the Energy Range of 5 -- 25 keV""; ""C. Neutralization""; ""Introduction""; ""A Three Dimensional Calculation of the Effects of Insufficient Space Charge Neutralization on Ion Rockets""
""Numerical Techniques in the Calculation of Effects of Insufficient Space Charge Neutralization on Ion Rockets""""Justification of the Use of the Collisionless Boltzmann Equation for Ion Beam Neutralization Studies""; ""Circular Beam Neutralization""; ""An Electrogasdynamic Approach to the Ion Jet Charge Neutralization Problem""; ""Neutralization of Ion Beams for Propulsion by Electron Trap Formation""; ""Transient and Steady State Behavior in Cesium Ion Beams""; ""Neutralization of Ion Beams""; ""On Ion Rocket Neutralization""; ""Present Status of the Beam Neutralization Problem""
""D. Techniques and Testing""""Introduction""; ""Theory and Application of Hot-Wire Calorimeter for Measurement of Ion Beam Power""; ""Beam Diagnostic Techniques""; ""Diagnostics of the Space Charge Neutralization of Ion Beams by Electron Injection""; ""Engineering Research in Electrostatic Propulsion Devices""; ""Diffusion of Cesium and lonization on Porous Tungsten""; ""Trajectories and Thrust-Measurement Techniques for Space Testing of Ion Rocket Motors""; ""Instrumentation Program for Ion Engine Testing""; ""Concluding Remarks""
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Subject Ion rockets -- Congresses
Plasma rockets -- Congresses
Ion rockets
Plasma rockets
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings
Form Electronic book
Author Stuhinger, Ernst
Sellen, J. J. M
ISBN 9781600862601
1600862608