Furthur analysis of accelerated exposure testing of thin-glass mirror matrix

Proceedings of the Energy Sustainability Conference 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1055-1064

  Kennedy, C E ^a   Terwilliger, K ^a   Jorgensen, G J ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED EXPOSURE TESTING (AET); THIN-GLASS MIRRORS;

LIGHT REFLECTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SILVER; SUBSTRATES;

MIRRORS;

EID: 37249072340     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ES2007-36182     Document Type: Conference Paper

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