A study of the reaction characteristics and mechanism of Kapton in a plasma-type ground-based atomic oxygen effects simulation facility

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 15, 2001, Pages 2308-2314

  Zhao, X H ^a   Shen, Z G ^a   Xing, Y S ^a   Ma, S L ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EROSION; IONS; MORPHOLOGY; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; PLASMAS;

ATOMIC OXYGEN EROSION EFFECT; KAPTON; MASS LOSS; SPACECRAFT MATERIAL;

SPACECRAFT;

EID: 0035822570     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/34/15/310     Document Type: Article

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