MISSE 2 PEACE polymers atomic oxygen erosion experiment on the international space station

High Performance Polymers

Volumn 20, Issue 4-5, 2008, Pages 388-409

  De Groh, Kim K ^a   Banks, Bruce A ^a   McCarthy, Catherine E ^b   Rucker, Rochelle N ^b   Roberts, Lily M ^b   Berger, Lauren A ^b  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Hathaway Brown School   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic oxygen; Environmental degradation; Erosion yield; International Space Station; Low Earth orbit; Space experiment

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; ATOMIC PHYSICS; ATOMS; COMMUNICATION SATELLITES; EROSION; EXPERIMENTS; GEOCHEMISTRY; KETONES; MANNED SPACE FLIGHT; MONOMERS; NONMETALS; ORBITS; OXYGEN; POLYIMIDES; SOIL MECHANICS; SOUNDING APPARATUS; SPACE OPTICS; SPACE STATIONS; SPACECRAFT;

ATOMIC OXYGEN; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; EROSION YIELD; INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION; LOW EARTH ORBIT; SPACE EXPERIMENT;

POLYMERS;

EID: 54249093390     PISSN: 09540083     EISSN: 13616412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0954008308089705     Document Type: Conference Paper

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