#plasmas — Public Fediverse posts

#Nature 📆 10 November 2022 #Electric #propulsion : The gaseous #propellant is priorly #ionized and the charged #particles in the #plasmas are energized and #accelerated by applying #electromagnetic fields. #Electric #power obtained by #solar panels is converted into the #kinetic #energy of the propellant. A 30% conversion #efficiency is the highest to date https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-22789-7

#Spacecraft electric propulsion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacecraft_electric_propulsion

Most people are familiar with #solids, #liquids, and #gases as three states of matter. However, a fourth state of matter, called #plasmas, is the most abundant form of matter in the #universe, found throughout our #solar system in the #sun and other #planetary bodies
#Physics #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2022/11/phy11182202.html