Electrical conductivity and discharge in spacecraft thermal control dielectrics

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1982, Pages 1594-1600

  Passenheim, B C ^a   Riddell, J D ^a   van Lint, V A J ^a   Kitterer, R ^a  

^a MISSION RESEARCH CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS - RADIATION EFFECTS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC DISCHARGE; SOLAR CELLS - MATERIALS;

SPACECRAFT;

EID: 0020295466     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: 15581578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.1982.4336410     Document Type: Article

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