Editing Propellant (section)

====Electromagnetic====
{{Main|Plasma propulsion engine}}
Electromagnetic thrusters use ions as the propellant, which are accelerated by the [[Lorentz force]] or by magnetic fields, either of which is generated by electricity:
* [[Electrodeless plasma thruster]] – a complex system that uses [[cold plasma]] as a propellant that is accelerated by [[ponderomotive force]]
* [[Magnetoplasmadynamic thruster]] – propellants include xenon, neon, argon, hydrogen, hydrazine, or lithium; expelled using the Lorentz force
* [[Pulsed inductive thruster]] – because this reactive engine uses a radial magnetic field, it acts on both positive and negative particles and so it may use a wide range of gases as a propellant including water, hydrazine, ammonia, argon, xenon and many others
* [[Pulsed plasma thruster]] – uses a Teflon plasma as a propellant, which is created by an electrical arc and expelled using the Lorentz force
* [[Helicon Double Layer Thruster]] – a plasma propellant is generated and excited from a gas using a helicon induced by [[high frequency]] band radiowaves which form a magnetic nozzle in a cylinder