Effects of vacuum ultraviolet radiation on DC93-500 silicone

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 386-392

  Dever, Joyce A ^a,c,d   Banks, Bruce A ^a,c   Yan, Li ^b,e  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c Electro Physics Branch   (United States)

^d AIAA   (United States)

^e Department of Electrical Engineering ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELLIPSOMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SILICONES; SPACECRAFT;

BULK DEGRADATION; MECHANICAL DEGRADATION; VACUUM ULTRAVIOLET EFFECTS;

ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 33646683325     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.15226     Document Type: Article

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