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Can the thrust of Ion Thruster be increased at the cost of speed?
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[QUOTE="gggnano, post: 6823846, member: 703320"] ^ Tantalum-Hafnium-Carbide has close to 4000 C melting point so I suspect 2000 C can be handled yet given the weight of the gas with earth's gravity...I've no idea. Which is why I am giving twice lower than it's melting point. As to Xenon: it's the heaviest non-radioactive gas, non-corrosive gas, hardly reactive too even at high temperatures. Yet if you're even after more insane speed but even more abysmal thrust Hydrogen or Helium should work better...can't give you Hydrogen's numbers right away since I wasn't looking for speed but thrust only yet it won't surprise me if you can get orders of magnitude higher speed with hydrogen. [/QUOTE]
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