Evaluation of protective silicone/siloxane coatings in simulated low-earth-orbit environment

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 393-401

  Dworak, David P ^a,d   Banks, Bruce A ^b,e   Karniotis, Christina A ^b,c   Soucek, Mark D ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c QSS GROUP INC   (United States)

^d Polymer Engineering Academic Center   (United States)

^e Electro Physics Branch   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; MICROCRACKING; OLIGOMERS; ORBITS; SILANES; SOL-GELS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CATIONIC CURING; LOW-EARTH-ORBIT SIMULATORS; POLYSILOXANE BINDER; SILICON-OXO PHASE; SPECULAR TRANSMITTANCE;

SILICONE COATINGS;

EID: 33646695698     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.15787     Document Type: Article

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