Fabrication and testing of Mo-Re heat pipes embedded in carbon/carbon

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 79-86

  Glass, David E ^a,d   Camarda, Charles J ^b,e   Merrigan, Michael A ^c,f   Tom Sena, J ^c,g  

^a ANALYTICAL SERVICES AND MATERIALS INC   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Mail Code CB ^*  (United States)

^e Mail Code CB   (United States)

^f Mail Stop J576 ^*  (United States)

^g Energy and Process Engineering   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON CARBON COMPOSITES; EDDY CURRENT TESTING; HEAT PIPES; RADIOGRAPHY;

LEADING EDGE HEAT PIPES;

SPACECRAFT;

EID: 0032756711     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.3436     Document Type: Article

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