Operation of Hall thrusters with bismuth propellant has been shown to be a promising path for development of high-power (140 kW per thruster), high performance (8000s I(sub sp at >70% efficiency) electric propulsion systems.


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    Title :

    Flow Control of Liquid Metal Propellants for In-Space Electric Propulsion Systems


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    Conference:

    40th Fluid Dynamics Conference and Exhibit ; 2010 ; Chicago, IL, United States


    Publication date :

    2010-06-28


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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