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PLASMA PINCH ENGINE [1 record]

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Record 1 2007-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
  • Launchers (Astronautics)
CONT

Plasma pinch engine. ... a propellant is fed into an ... airless chamber ... The electrodes ... turn the propellant into ... a hot ionized gas and ... create an electromagnetic "pinching" or compression of the plasma.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
  • Lanceurs (Astronautique)
CONT

Réglage dans un caisson à vide d'un accélérateur à plasma pulsé [...] Le plasma est engendré par une décharge électrique [...], le courant engendre un champ magnétique qui comprime la colonne ionisée.

Spanish

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