Question: Consider a crossed - field two - dimensional electromagnetic accelerator. The propellant flow begins with negligible velocity and is accelerated to 2 5 , 0

Consider a crossed-field two-dimensional electromagnetic accelerator. The propellant flow begins with negligible velocity and is accelerated to 25,000 meters per second at the exit of the thruster. The exit plane pressure is 0.01 atmosphere while the ambient pressure is zero. Xenon gas with molecular weight of 54 and =5/3 is the propellant. The gas temperature (T =3,000 K) and the cross-sectional flow area are constant with downstream distance. The electric field is directed transverse to the flow with B =1.8 webers per square meter. The conductivity =1800 per ohm-meter. Neglect Hall current. Determine a) the electric field E in units of volts per meter at the exit; b) the current density jy at the exit in units of coulombs per meter squared per second; c) the Lorentz force in units of newtons per cubic meter. Note that one weber = Newton-second-meter per coulomb; one ohm = volt-sec per coulomb; and one joule = Newton-meter = volt-coulomb.

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