Polymers and composites in the low earth orbit space environment: interaction and protection

Canadian Aeronautics and Space Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 148-160

  Kleiman, Jacob I ^a,b   Iskanderova, Z A ^a,b   Gudimenko, Y I ^a,b   Morison, W D ^b   Tennyson, R C ^b  

^a Integrity Testing Laboratory Inc   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; MORPHOLOGY; OXYGEN; POLYMERS; PROTECTION; SATELLITES; SPACE DEBRIS; SPACE STATIONS; SURFACE TREATMENT; SURFACES;

ATOMIC OXYGEN; HALOGENATED POLYMERS; LOW EARTH ORBIT SPACE ENVIRONMENT; ORBITAL DEBRIS;

AIRCRAFT MATERIALS;

EID: 0032647208     PISSN: 00082821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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