I am still up.........

Did you know that if you 'salt' an electric thruster with Cesium you can increase the specific impulse?

And ... it looks real purty, too? :):p
 
Elen said:
This discussion is too advanced for my IQ. :D
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Oh no it's not!! Unfamiliar terminology implies neither depth nor breadth of intellect ... and can be combined with mendacity to create ... cognitive dissonance!!! :eek::eek:

[I'm just full of it tonight.]

Did you know that, in Brazil, they actually bake before they shake?

It's a funny old world we live in. :)
 
Elen said:
I've been trying that for like the last eight hours and it still don't work! :foot:
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You're either drinking too slowly ... or drinking the wrong stuff.

You're in Finland -- finding the right stuff should be no problem!

So -- speed it up!!
 
The title of this thread made me think that Skunk forgot that he was longed in as “Amy-0”.:eek: :eek:
 
OldPhysics said:
Oh no it's not!! Unfamiliar terminology implies neither depth nor breadth of intellect ... and can be combined with mendacity to create ... cognitive dissonance!!! :eek::eek:

[I'm just full of it tonight.]

Did you know that, in Brazil, they actually bake before they shake?

It's a funny old world we live in. :)
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Indeed, but for one's concept of self to be understood they must take perception to another level and inevitabley to another person thus causing said person to reflect on one's own concept of self and thus causing a lack of understanding in essence forcing them to base that concept on the questioner and inevitably answering said question of self to one's self using another one's self concept.

You're right, that is fun :D
 
KnifeAddictAK said:
Indeed, but for one's concept of self to be understood they must take perception to another level and inevitabley to another person thus causing said person to reflect on one's own concept of self and thus causing a lack of understanding in essence forcing them to base that concept on the questioner and inevitably answering said question of self to one's self using another one's self concept.

You're right, that is fun :D
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...and...I think I'll have another shot! :D

Everything becomes muuuuch clearer. And then it doesn't. :D
 
OldPhysics said:
Did you know that if you 'salt' an electric thruster with Cesium you can increase the specific impulse?

And ... it looks real purty, too? :):p
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I was lost with the contempation of the big words, but this actually perked my interest. If I'm not mistaken Cesium is a radioactive material. Do we get an actual explanation or is it drinking time? BTW I'm at work and will be here for another 3 hrs so I've got time to kill.
 
OldPhysics said:
You're either drinking too slowly ... or drinking the wrong stuff.

You're in Finland -- finding the right stuff should be no problem!

So -- speed it up!!
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Must be the beer then. Lapland gold, bah, more like reindeer something. :D
 
James 61 said:
I was lost with the contempation of the big words, but this actually perked my interest. If I'm not mistaken Cesium is a radioactive material. Do we get an actual explanation or is it drinking time? BTW I'm at work and will be here for another 3 hrs so I've got time to kill.
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Yep. It is. You must be VERY careful.

In old chemistry terms, Cesium has a high electronegativity. It's very easy to ionize a Cesium atom.

The easier your base material (fuel) is to ionize, the more specific impulse you can create with most forms of electric thrusters. The downside -- all that nasty radioactive and chemically vicious Cesium wandering around. Fortunately, there's a lot of available, unused room out beyond our atmosphere.

Of course, you don't use just Cesium. There are several tricks to this ... but we won't talk about that here.

And then there is the cathode region... Whew, starting to get a tech-headache.

But thanks for the question!! :D I think there are a number of articles in the 70s and 80s put out by Russian researchers -- don't have the citations laying around. If you do seek them out, be careful! Those Russkies do NOT tell you everything... ;)
 
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