Particulates from PTFE degradation in terrestrial and microgravity

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 505-510

  Srivastava, Rajiv ^a,b   McKinnon, J Thomas ^a   Todd, Paul ^a  

^a Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

^b Hemispheric Ctr Environ Technol   (United States)

Author keywords

Degradation; Microgravity; Particle; Polytetrafluoroethylene

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FIRE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PARTICLE SIZE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; COLOR; ELECTRIC WIRING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIRES; GRAVITATION; HEAT; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; SMOKE; SPACECRAFT; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 0032943212     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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