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Polyimide
Electrical equipment; Power supplies
A polymer often used for spacecraft thermal control because of its yellow color. Very thermally stable, this polymer is often also used for flexible solar array blankets. Kapton® is a polyimide.
Cell
Electrical equipment; Power supplies
A single unit capable of serving as a direct current (DC) voltage source by transfer of ions in the course of a chemical reaction.
Impulse
Electrical equipment; Power supplies
A unidirectional surge generated by the release of electric energy into an impedance network.
Pulse
Electrical equipment; Power supplies
A wave that departs from a first nominal state, attains a second nominal state, and ultimately returns to the first nominal state.
Plasma potential
Electrical equipment; Power supplies
The potential which accelerates neither electrons nor positively charged ions toward a surface.
Voltage
Electrical equipment; Power supplies
The term most often used in place of electromotive force, potential difference, or voltage drop to designate electric pressure that exists between two points and is capable of producing a flow of ...
Power
Electrical equipment; Power supplies
The time rate at which work is done. Power is obtained in watts if work is expressed in joules and time is in seconds.
