Surface engineering for thermal control of spacecraft

Surface Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 249-253

  Sharma, A K ^a  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

Aluminium alloys; Electrochemical finishing; Magnesium alloys; Magnesium lithium alloys; Multilayer insulation; Optical solar reflector; Spacecraft thermal control; Thermal control surfaces

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FINISHING; HEAT TRANSFER; INSULATION; MAGNESIUM ALLOYS; MIRRORS; MULTILAYERS; SPACECRAFT; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

ELECTROCHEMICAL FINISHING; MAGNESIUM-LITHIUM ALLOYS; MULTILAYER INSULATION; OPTICAL SOLAR REFLECTORS; SPACECRAFT THERMAL CONTROL; THERMAL CONTROL SURFACES;

SURFACE PHENOMENA;

EID: 24144499161     PISSN: 02670844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174329405X50118     Document Type: Article

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