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Electrothermal <strong>Systems</strong><br />

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Electrothermal <strong>Systems</strong>, where the propellant (gas) is heated by passing over an electric<br />

heated solid surface (resis<strong>to</strong>jet) or by passing it through an arc discharge (arcjet).<br />

The heated gas is then accelerated by a gas-dynamic expansion in a nozzle. Typical<br />

applications of this principle are the monopropellant hydrazine operated Power Augmented<br />

Catalytic Thruster (PACT) and Hydrazine-Arcjet.

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