Ground-laboratory to in-space atomic oxygen correlation for the PEACE polymers

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1087, Issue , 2009, Pages 51-66

  Stambler, Arielle H ^a   Inoshita, Karen E ^a   Roberts, Lily M ^a   Barbagallo, Claire E ^a   De Groh, Kim K ^b   Banks, Bruce A ^b  

^a Hathaway Brown School   (United States)

^b NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 63849171334     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3076865     Document Type: Conference Paper

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