Fuel cell elastomeric materials oxygen compatibility testing: Effect of 450 and 6200 kPA oxygen

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn 1319, Issue , 1997, Pages 385-402

  Waller, Jess M ^a   Hornung, Steven D ^a   Beeson, Harold D ^a  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Age resistance; Fluoroelastomers; Neoprene; O rings; Oxygen compatibility

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; COMBUSTION; ELASTOMERS; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; IGNITION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; TEMPERATURE;

AGE RESISTANCE; AUTOIGNITION TEMPERATURE; FLUOROELASTOMERS; HEAT OF COMBUSTION; NEOPRENE; OXYGEN COMPATIBILITY;

FLAMMABILITY TESTING;

EID: 0031245293     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1520/stp12066s     Document Type: Article

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