Reduction in emittance of thermal radiator coatings caused by the accumulation of a Martian dust simulant

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 17-18, 2006, Pages 2383-2392

  Hollingsworth, D Keith ^a   Witte, Larry C ^a   Hinke, Jaime ^a   Hurlbert, Kathryn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Emittance measurement; Martian dust; Thermal radiators

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; DUST; HEAT RADIATION; HEATING; VACUUM;

CONDUCTIVE RESISTANCE; EMITTANCE MEASUREMENT; MARTIAN DUST; THERMAL RADIATORS;

THERMAL BARRIER COATINGS;

EID: 33745288763     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2006.02.034     Document Type: Article

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