Schematic Diagram of a Prototype Microwave Air Plasma Thruste (IMAGE)

American Institute of Physics

Schematic Diagram of a Prototype Microwave Air Plasma Thruste

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A schematic diagram of a prototype microwave air plasma thruster and the images of the bright plasma jet at different microwave powers. This device consists of a microwave power supply, an air compressor, a compressed microwave waveguide and a flame ignitor.

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Jau Tang and Jun Li

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