Comparison of polyethylene and polyimide as a fluence monitor of atomic oxygen

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 434-438

  Yokota, Kumiko ^a,c   Tagawa, Masahito ^a,b,c  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Department of Mechanical Engineering ^*  (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION; ION BOMBARDMENT; OXYGEN; POLYETHYLENES; POLYIMIDES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ATOMIC OXYGEN; FLUENCE MONITOR; QUARTZ CRYSTAL MICROBALANCE; ULTRAVIOLET EXPOSURE;

CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE;

EID: 34248340582     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.15038     Document Type: Article

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