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

High Performance Polymers

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 289-301

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

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Degradation; Space simulation; Teflon ; Vacuum ultraviolet

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; FUSED SILICA; MONOCHROMATORS; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES; PROTONS; TENSILE STRENGTH; THIN FILMS; X RAYS;

AIR MASS ZERO (AMZ); SPACE SIMULATION; VACUUM ULTRAVIOLET;

ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 3042594454     PISSN: 09540083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0954008304044099     Document Type: Conference Paper

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