Effects of various wavelength ranges of vacuum ultraviolet radiation on Teflon® FEP film

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue 540, 2003, Pages 367-373

  Dever, Joyce A ^a   McCracken, Cara A ^b  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; FUSED SILICA; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

LAMP INTENSITY;

ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0141425762     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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