Flush Electrostatic Probe in a Continuum Regime

Abstract

The effects of area, geometry and applied bias upon the current collection of negatively biased flush electrostatic probes is experimentally investigated in a continuum regime. The effects of area, geometry and applied bias were found to be strongly interrelated and their influence on the collected ion current density very complex. It is found, in general, that the ion current increases with increasing probe bias but decreases with increasing probe area.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0724148

Entities

People

  • Robert Bushman
  • Samuel Lederman

Organizations

  • New York University Tandon School of Engineering

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Applied Mechanics
  • Boundary Layer
  • Boundary Layer Flow
  • Charge Density
  • Charged Particles
  • Electrons
  • Electrostatic Probes
  • Flow Fields
  • Geometry
  • Ion Density
  • Langmuir Probes
  • Measurement
  • Mechanics
  • New York
  • Physics Laboratories
  • United States
  • United States Government

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics
  • Regression Analysis.