Electric propulsion using C.sub.60 molecules

Details Electric propulsion using C.sub.60 molecules Electric propulsion using C.sub.60 molecules

1992-12-03

1993-08-31

Casaregola, Louis J.

Power plants

Reaction motor

Ion motor

60204, F03H 100

Patent

active

052398200

ABSTRACT:
Fullerene propellants, which are stable carbon cage structures composed of even numbers of carbon atoms in the range of about 32 to 200 atoms, particularly a combination of conveniently obtainable C.sub.60 and C.sub.70, may be carried in solid form in a spacecraft, sublimated to produce the appropriate molecular propellant such as C.sub.60 or C.sub.70, which may then be ionized by DC discharge or RF radiation to efficiently produce specific impulses in the range above 1000 lbf -s/lbm.

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patent: 5132105 (1992-07-01), Remo

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