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Electrical equipment; Power supplies

The phenomenon caused by secondary electron emission that can lead to electron collection on insulating surfaces in an electric field.

floating potential

Electrical equipment; Power supplies

The potential a spacecraft comes to under current balance with the surrounding plasma.

plasma potential

Electrical equipment; Power supplies

The potential which accelerates neither electrons nor positively charged ions toward a surface.

insulation resistance

Electrical equipment; Power supplies

The ratio of the applied voltage to the total current between two electrodes in contact with a specific insulator.

conductance

Electrical equipment; Power supplies

The reciprocal of resistance. The ratio of current passing through a material to the potential difference at its ends.

particulate (space particulate debris)

Electrical equipment; Power supplies

The sources of spacecraft particulate debris are Earth, spacecraft, and space environments. Earth particulate is mostly dust, sand, and rocket exhaust. Sources are materials spalled by cosmic dust ...

semiconductor

Electrical equipment; Power supplies

A solid crystalline material whose electrical conductivity is intermediate between that of insulators and conductors, and is usually applied field and temperature dependent.