Electron beam (10 MeV) irradiation to decontaminate spacecraft components for planetary protection

IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Pillai, Suresh D ^a   Venkateswaran, Kasthuri ^b   Cepeda, Martha ^a   Soni, Kamlesh ^a   Mittasch, Sarah ^a   Maxim, Joe ^a   Osman, Shariff ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PAYLOADS; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES; PLANETARY PROTECTION (PP);

BACTERIA; DECONTAMINATION; IONIZING RADIATION; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; NASA; SPACECRAFT; STERILIZATION (CLEANING);

ELECTRON IRRADIATION;

EID: 34047172144     PISSN: 1095323X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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