Richard Stevens

Whitworth University

Projects

Measurement of carbon cluster emission from graphite sputtered by noble gas ions near threshold

Lead Institution

Whitworth College

Principal Investigator

Richard Stevens

Project type

Exploratory Research

The relative proportion of C, C2, and C3 sputtered from graphite will be measured by bombarding a graphite sample (provided by the author) with Xenon and Krypton ions from a low energy ion gun. …

Laser Induced Fluorescence detection of C2 and C3 Vapor

Lead Institution

Whitworth College

Principal Investigator

Richard Stevens

Project type

Exploratory Research

The purpose of the experiment is to try and determine the feasibility of in situ laser diagnostics for erosion in carbon-based ion thruster grids for NASA. The experiment is designed to try and…