Use of DSC and DMA to study crystallization as a possible cause for a glove tear: Neoprene rubber gloves are used as part of a Space Shuttle pressurized astronaut suit

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 469-476

  Wingard, Doug ^a  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Freezer conditioning; Pinky ring finger crotch; Strain induced crystallization

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CRYSTALLINITY; FREEZING; MANNED SPACE FLIGHT; NASA; REFRIGERATORS; SPACE PLATFORMS; SPACE SHUTTLES; STRAIN; THERMOANALYSIS;

COLD TEMPERATURES; CONDITIONING TEMPERATURES; CRYSTALLIZATION RATES; JOHNSON SPACE CENTER; MATERIAL PROPERTY DATUM; PINKY/RING FINGER CROTCH; SHUTTLE OPERATIONS; STRAININDUCED CRYSTALLIZATION;

RUBBER;

EID: 78049484273     PISSN: 13886150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10973-010-0991-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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