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NASA Technical Memorandum 83638 Cathode Degradation and Erosion in High Pressure Arc Discharges Terry L. Hardy and Shigeo Nakanishi Lewis Research Center Cleveland, Ohio Prepared for the Seventeenth Annual International Electric Propulsion Conference sponsored by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Tokyo, Japan, May 28-31, 1984 NASA CATHODE DEGRADATION AND EROSION IN IEPC 84-00 HIGH PRESSURE ARC DISCHARGES Terry L . Hardy and Shigeo Nakanishi National Aeronautics and Space Administration Lewis Research Center Cleveland, Ohio 44135 Abstract about 25 to 30 percent, over test times up to 30 minutes in length . Electrode lifetime has long been recognized as one of the predominant technology concerns in Higher power arcjets in the 30 kW range were arcjet thrusters for space propulsion . Arcjet developed and tested by several manufacturers up development of previous decades placed emphasis on to around 1964.-^ Intended for primary propul- performance and thruster lifetime problems were sion of high energy missions , specific impulse up not addressed in depth . to 1500 sec and efficiencies of 40 to 54 percent were obtained with hydrogen propellant . Num