Erosion of Kapton® H by hyperthermal atomic oxygen

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 421-425

  Buczala, Deanna M ^a,b   Brunsvold, Amy L ^a,b   Minton, Timothy K ^a,b,c  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry ^*  (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; EROSION; LASERS; OXYGEN; THERMAL EFFECTS;

AMBIENT ATOMIC OXYGEN; ARRHENIUS-LIKE TEMPERATURE; GAS-SURFACE REACTIONS; KAPTON H MASS LOSS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

EID: 33646705172     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.16402     Document Type: Article

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