An experimental study of low earth orbit atomic oxygen and ultraviolet radiation effects on a spacecraft material - Polytetrafluoroethylene

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 275-285

  Zhao, Xiao Hu ^a   Shen, Zhi Gang ^a   Xing, Yu Shan ^a   Ma, Shu Lin ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atomic oxygen; Low earth orbit; Polytetrafluoroethylene; Spacecraft materials; Vacuum ultraviolet

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); MORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ORBITS; OXYGEN; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VACUUM;

ATOMIC OXYGEN (AO); LOW EARTH ORBITS; SPACECRAFT MATERIALS; VACUUM ULTRAVIOLET;

SPACECRAFT;

EID: 14544283505     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2004.11.002     Document Type: Article

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