Synergistic study on atomic oxygen-induced erosion of polyethylene with vacuum ultraviolet

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 345-349

  Tagawa, Masahito ^a,b   Yokota, Kumiko ^a,b   Ohmae, Nobuo ^a,b  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Department of Mechanical Engineering ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; PLASMAS; POLYETHYLENES; QUARTZ; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACECRAFT; SPIN COATING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VACUUM;

ATOMIC OXYGEN; LOW EARTH ORBIT (LEO); QUARTZ CRYSTAL MICROBALANCE (QCM); SYNERGISTIC EFFECTS; VACUUM ULTRAVIOLET (VUV);

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 3042797621     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.10888     Document Type: Conference Paper

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