Surface molecular degradation of selected high performance polymer composites under low earth orbit environmental conditions

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1301-1309

  Awaja, Firas ^a   Moon, Jin Bum ^b   Gilbert, Michael ^c   Zhang, Shengnan ^a   Kim, Chun Gon ^b   Pigram, Paul J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

CF; CNT; Low earth orbit; Molecular degradation; ToF SIMS

Indexed keywords

CF; CNT; LOW EARTH ORBITS; MOLECULAR DEGRADATION; TOF SIMS;

CARBON FIBERS; CARBON NANOTUBES; COMMUNICATION SATELLITES; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DEGRADATION; EARTH (PLANET); EPOXY RESINS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; MOLECULAR OXYGEN; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; POLYMERS; RESINS; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; SURFACE REACTIONS; SURFACE TREATMENT; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ORBITS;

EID: 79957816848     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2011.04.001     Document Type: Article

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