TEST RESULTS FOR A CESIUM ELECTRON BOMBARDMENT ION MOTOR
Experimental study of an electron bombardment ion motor using cesium as an expellant
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Experimental study of an electron bombardment ion motor using cesium as an expellant
Performance and design of the lewis-type electron bombardment ion engine
Properties of the plasma inside an operating kaufman-type electron bombardment engine, with langmuir probes
Utilization of a permanent magnet circuit in an electron-bombardment ion rocket
Experimental investigation of the properties of the plasma inside an operating kaufman-type electron bombardment engine, with langmuir probes
Ion bombardment forces on flat metal plate measured by two-component microbalance based on attracted disk electrometer principle
Proposed electron bombardment ion rocket, discussing ion chamber, magnetic field, cathode, accelerator and neutralizer in terms of spacecraft power requirements
Electron bombardment of propellant gas using a mercury ion source
Two-component microbalance for measuring forces on ion-bombarded surfaces
Examined in this report are the experimental steady-state gains, or changes, in beam-current output with changes in thrustor inputs for a 10-centimeter-diameter electron-bombardment ion thrustor. A general leveling off of beam current as a function of an input variable was found at the upper range of each variable, At the design operating point, the filament-heating current exhibited the greatest sensitivity, or percentage beam-current output change for a percentage change in the input (2 to 4). Accelerator voltage showed the least effect (0.04) while discharge voltage, magnetic field, and neutral propellant flow exhibited about the same sensitivity (0.4 to 0.5). Some effects of nonlinearity are shown that may require consideration in the design of a closed-loop control system.
Electron-bombardment ion rocket engine with permanent magnet
Cesium vapor automatic control systems for electron bombardment and contact ion engines
Effects of crystalline orientation on sputtering phenomena studied from sputtering yields of single crystals bombarded with 1 to 10 kev argon ions
Sputtering rates of lunar surface due to solar wind bombardment
Solar wind bombardment of surfaces in space by high and low energy particles
Electron bombardment, mercury-fueled ion engine system - investigation, testing, and development program
Plasma boundaries and ion trajectories for accelerator system of electron bombardment ion thrustor
Experimental results with oxide film coated brush cathodes in electron bombardment yielding longer thrustor lifetime