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This page should probably be merged into
Ion thruster. Is there any reason to keep it separate?
Yes, you would have to merge
Hall_effect_thruster as well with Ion thruster. Both are ion thrusters and to have a article about one and not another, when both have equal levels of publsihed information about them would present a lopsided view of this feild of technology to the reader --
BerserkerBen 22:18, 22 Mar 2005 (UTC)
I'm not entirely sure I agree, but I've rearranged
ion thruster so that it presents the different possibilities. This page still direly needs attention. --
Andrew 07:09, Mar 31, 2005 (UTC)
1. ion optics? Hello? Please don't use unexplained jargon. Optics is DEFINED to be about LIGHT, although a case could be reasonably made about EMR. Expecting the reader to merge ions with light is either naive or absurdly optimistic.
2. "Kaufman type engines require at least supplies to the cathode, anode and chamber, whereas the rf and microwave types require an additional rf generator, but no anode and cathode supplies." I would have to work very hard to construct a more opaque structure for this sentence. Use "at a minimum" and "while", not "whereas". (hey, you MIGHT even want to make a point here!) sigh.
Abitslow (
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16:02, 10 March 2015 (UTC)reply
^Dahl, Poul (1973). Introduction to electron and ion optics. New York: Academic Press.
ISBN978-0-12-200650-0.
Positive grid
The article needs also to explain how positive ions go through the positive grid without been pushed back by the positive grid before they approach it.
Wikibilig (
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13:43, 23 January 2021 (UTC)reply
What is Kaufman type
How is this sub-type of gridded ion thruster defined ? Is it just about how the ions are produced (eg all or a sub type of electron bombardment ?) ? or how they are accelerated ? -
Rod57 (
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12:44, 24 November 2021 (UTC)reply