Plasma-deposited coatings and surface fluorination for protection of spacecraft materials against atomic oxygen erosion

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue 399, 1997, Pages 393-402

  Wertheimer, M R ^a   Czeremuszkin, G ^b   Cerny, J ^a   Klemberg Sapieha, J E ^a   Martinu, L ^a   Kremers, W ^c  

^a École Polytechnique de Montréal   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN IMMUNOLOGY AND CANCER   (Canada)

^c ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED   (Canada)

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EID: 5344268793     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
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