Insights into the damage mechanism of Teflon FEP from the Hubble Space Telescope

High Performance Polymers

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 83-104

  De Groh, Kim K ^a   Gaier, James R ^a   Hall, Rachelle L ^b   Espe, Matthew P ^c   Cato, Daveen R ^c   Sutter, James K ^a   Scheiman, Daniel A ^d  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b OHIO AEROSPACE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^d Dynacs Engineering Company Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); EMBRITTLEMENT; MULTILAYERS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PYROLYSIS; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SPACE RESEARCH; TELESCOPES; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; THERMAL INSULATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE; MULTILAYER INSULATION;

POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES;

EID: 0034158884     PISSN: 09540083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0954-0083/12/1/307     Document Type: Article

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