Effects of radiation and thermal cycling on Teflon FEP

High Performance Polymers

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 123-140

  Dever, Joyce A ^a   De Groh, Kim K ^a   Banks, Bruce A ^a   Townsend, Jacqueline A ^b  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DURABILITY; MULTILAYERS; RADIATION EFFECTS; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMAL CYCLING; THERMAL INSULATING MATERIALS;

ALUMINIZED TEFLON; HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPES (HST);

POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES;

EID: 0033100093     PISSN: 09540083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0954-0083/11/1/010     Document Type: Article

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