Degradation of mechanical and electrophysical properties of Teflon FEP films under combined action of far ultraviolet and thermal cycling

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue 399, 1997, Pages 77-85

  Toupikov, V I ^a   Khatipov, S A ^a   Cherniavsky, A I ^a   Stepanov, V F ^a   Van Eesbeek, M ^b   Levadou, F ^b  

^a KARPOV INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Degradation; Electrophysical and mechanical properties; Far ultraviolet; Simultaneous action; Teflon FEP films; Thermal cycling

Indexed keywords

EID: 5344230037     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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