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Definition of Specific Impulse

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2016

F. W. Thorne
F. W. Thorne*
Affiliation:
(Royal Naval College)
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Your contributors on Specific Impulse in the May journal say, “ The mass definition, on the other hand, gives a value of specific impulse which varies according to the units used.“

It must be realised that the value of a quantity cannot depend on the units chosen. To quote therefore the example on page 371 in gravitational units, namely: —

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Technical Notes
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The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 58 , Issue 526 , October 1954 , pp. 728
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1954

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