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Definition of Specific Impulse
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 July 2016
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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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