Investigation of discharge chamber insulator relative erosion of stationary plasma thruster
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Abstract
The results of investigations of relative erosion at different modes of the stationary plasma thruster operation are presented herein. The optimal parameters of thruster operation mode ensuring minimum erosion of the discharge chamber walls are defined herein.
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