Colloid Thrustor Beam Analysis: Design and Operation of a Suitable Quadrupole Mass Filter |
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10-centimeter-diameter accelerating potential accelerating voltage ampere amu/z distribution appendix applied rf voltage atomic mass units calibration charged colloid charged mercury ions charged particle collected current intensity colloid beam colloid mass colloid thrustor constant continuum flow d-c voltage defined in eq design resolution distribution efficiency distribution error doubly charged mercury effect electrometer equation B12 equation B7b Faraday cup focusing field frequency inlet aperture Ion chamber potential mass flow Mathieu equations maximum megacycles mercurous chloride meter monopole mass spectrometer monopole spectrometer Norgren nozzle obtained operating point operating slope oscillation particle accelerating percent photomicrographs propellant Quadrupole length quadrupole mass filter quadrupole operating parameters quadrupole rf voltage range ratio readout equipment rf voltmeter scan shown in figure singly and doubly singly charged mercury species stability diagram stable trajectory thrustor beam current tion total thrustor beam transmission unit electron charge units per unit vaporizer variable variation in collected volts ΜΩ