Techniques for measuring low earth orbital atomic oxygen erosion of polymers

International SAMPE Symposium and Exhibition (Proceedings)

Volumn 47 II, Issue , 2002, Pages 1279-1292

  De Groh, Kim K ^a   Banks, Bruce A ^a   Demko, Rikako ^a  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic oxygen; Durability; Flight experiment; Polymer; Space environment

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DURABILITY; EROSION; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; OXYGEN; SPACECRAFT;

ATOMIC OXYGEN EROSION; FLUORINATED ETHYLENE PROPYLENE; SOLAR ABSORPTANCE; SPACECRAFT MATERIAL; THERMAL EMITTANCE;

POLYIMIDES;

EID: 0036350506     PISSN: 08910138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (15)

1. ASTM E 2089-00 standard practices for ground laboratory atomic oxygen interaction evaluation of materials for space applications
2. A sensitive technique using atomic force microscopy to measure the low earth orbit atomic oxygen erosion of polymers