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US 5177358

SOLID STRIPPER FOR A SPACE BASED NEUTRAL PARTICLE BEAM SYSTEM

Assignee

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE

Filed

Jun 30, 1982

Granted

Jan 5, 1993

Location

Huntsville AL (NASA/Army)

Abstract

A solid state stripper for stripping H- to HO is provided that includes a very thin solid state material such as polyvinylidene chloride, mica, and cellophane that is moved at a predetermined speed in front of an accelerated beam of negative ions to cause the negative ions to be stripped to form neutral ions as they pass through the solid state stripper material.

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35 USC §181 Secrecy Order

Imposed

Jan 27, 1983

Rescinded

Oct 7, 1991

Duration

8 years, 8 months

Inventor

  • 1THOMAS G. ROBERTS

Sensitive facility: Huntsville AL (NASA/Army)

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