The effects of polyethylenes' structure on its interaction with a simulated leo environment

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue 540, 2003, Pages 273-280

  Intrater, R ^a   Lempert, G ^a   Gouzman, I ^a   Grossman, E ^a   Hoffman, A ^b  

^a Soreq NRC ^*  (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION; ORBITS; POLYETHYLENES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SURFACES; ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES;

EROSION RATE;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 0141537310     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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