Colloid thruster propellant stability after radiation exposure

Ziemer, John K.; Marrese-Reading, Colleen M.; Anderson, Mark; Plett, Gary; Gamero-Castano, Manuel

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Colloid thruster propellant stability after radiation exposure

Ziemer, John K.; Marrese-Reading, Colleen M.; Anderson, Mark; Plett, Gary; Gamero-Castano, Manuel

URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2014/38600

Date: 2003-07

Keywords: colloid thruster; ionic fluids; EMI-Im

Publisher: Pasadena, CA : Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2003.

Citation: 39th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, Huntsville, AL, July 20-23, 2003

Abstract:

We present a characterization of the stability characteristics of the ionic fluid EMI-Im to the operation of colloid microthrusters in gamma radiation environments.

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