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ion engine [′ī‚än ‚en·jən]

(aerospace engineering)

An engine which provides thrust by expelling accelerated or high-velocity ions; ion engines using energy provided by nuclear reactors are proposed for space vehicles.

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No references found			In early February 2009 this probe ignited a single ion engine to begin pulsing it for up to 8 000 hours to propel it back towards the Earth. Asteroid sample being returned to Earth by Monthly Notes of the Astronomical Society of Southern Africa Its solar-powered ion engines were developed and built by scientists at defence company Qinetiq's research labs at Farnborough, Hants. Brits boost Formula 1 of spacecraft; SCIENCE by The Mirror (London, England) The chapters are organized in a logical fashion and discuss existing work done on liquid rocket engines and then delve into future technologies and systems, such as superconductivity applied to electric propulsion, ion engines, solar sails, laser propulsion, and nuclear propulsion. Advanced propulsion systems and technologies, today to 2020 by SciTech Book News			Ion Agîrbiceanu Ion Andreescu Ion Antonescu ion atmosphere ion backscattering Ion beam mixing Ion Budai-Deleanu ion burn ion chamber ion channel Ion Chobanu ion cloud ion column ion concentration Ion Counter Ion Creanga ion crystal ion current ion cyclotron frequency ion density ion deposition ion detector Ion Devices Ion Drutse Ion Emission ion engine Ion Exchange ion exchanger Ion Exchangers ion exclusion Ion Flotation Ion Fonaghi ion fractionation ion gage Ion Gheorghe Maurer ion gun Ion Heliade-Radulescu Ion Implantation Ion Irimescu ion irradiation Ion Jalea Ion Kanna ion kinetic energy spectrometry Ion Konstantinovich Chobanu ion laser Ion Luca Caragiale ion machining ion mean life ion microprobe ion microprobe mass spectrometer Ion Microscope			Ion cloud Ion cloud ion column ion concentration ion counter Ion Creanga ion crystal ion current ion cyclotron frequency Ion Cyclotron Range of Frequency Ion cyclotron resonance Ion cyclotron resonance Ion cyclotron resonance Ion cyclotron resonance Ion Cyclotron Resonance Frequency Ion Cyclotron Resonance Heating Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometer Ion Cyclotron Resonant Frequency Ion Cyclotron Resonant Heating ion density ion deposition ion detector Ion Devices Ion Dipole Induced Ion Drutse ion emission Ion Energy and Angular Distributions Ion Energy Distribution Function ion engine ion exchange ion exchange ion exchange ion exchange Ion exchange chromatography Ion exchange chromatography Ion exchange chromatography Ion exchange chromatography Ion Exchange Chromatography on Diethylaminoethylcellulose Ion Exchange Column Ion Exchange Enviro Farms Limited Ion Exchange Experiment Ion Exchange India, Ltd. Ion exchange membrane Ion exchange membrane Ion exchange membrane ion exchange membrane bioreactor Ion Exchange Module Ion exchange resin Ion exchange resin Ion exchange resin Ion Exchange Waterleau Ltd. ion exchanger ion exchanger ion exchanger ion exchanger ion exchangers ion exchangers Ion exchanging Ion exchanging

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