A comparison of atomic oxygen erosion yields of carbon and selected polymers exposed in ground based facilities and in low earth orbit

AIAA 25th Plasmadynamics and Lasers Conference, 1994

Volumn , Issue , 1994, Pages

  Rutledge, Sharon K ^a   Banks, Bruce A ^a   Cales, Michael ^b  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; DURABILITY; EROSION; GRAPHITE; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; ORBITS; POLYETHYLENES; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES; TERNARY ALLOYS;

ATOMIC OXYGEN EROSION; FLIGHT EXPERIMENTS; LOW EARTH ORBITS; OXYGEN INTERACTION; PYROLYTIC GRAPHITE; SIMILAR MATERIAL; TESTING MATERIALS; VACUUM ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

OXYGEN;

EID: 0004172835     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1994-2628     Document Type: Conference Paper

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