A review of the processing, composition, and temperature-dependent mechanical and thermal properties of dielectric technical ceramics. [EN]

Authors of the publication: - D de Faoite - DJ Browne - FR Chang-Diaz - KT Stanton

The current review uses the material requirements of a new space propulsion device, the Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (VASIMR (R)) as a basis for presenting the temperature-dependent properties of a range of dielectric ceramics.

Thermal conductivity of solid nitrogen [EN]

Authors of the publication: - Yeram Sarkis Touloukian - P.E. Liley - S.C. Saxena

Measurement of thermal conductivity of solid nitrogen between 4 and 28 K.