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Burton, Rodney L. Willmes, Gary Francis 2015-09-25T22:34:32Z 2015-09-25T22:34:32Z 10000-01-01 1997 1997 A pulse-forming electrical circuit is developed to reduce energy losses in the storage capacitor, and greater than 85% of the initial stored energy is transferred to the arc in a unipolar pulse. A high current diode installed across the capacitor terminals is used to eliminate voltage reversals in the current. The experimental breakdown voltage of the helium gas between the electrodes is found to follow a Paschen relationship where the minimum electrode separation distance is used in evaluating the data. Made available in DSpace on 2015-09-25T22:34:32Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license.txt: 4848 bytes, checksum: 96035ab3f5e1c23cc7138a224ce498bd (MD5) 9812808.pdf: 6424120 bytes, checksum: 990a4aabab8797e1ffb330834b42011a (MD5) Previous issue date: 1997 Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 86409 Lift date: Forever Reason: Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs U of I Only 138 p. Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/85128 (MiAaPQ)AAI9812808 eng Physics, Fluid and Plasma A Low Power Pulsed Arcjet Thruster for Spacecraft Propulsion text Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Engineering University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dissertation Ph.D.