Simulated Low-Earth-Orbital Exposure of Thermal Control Materials
| Autor: | Michael J. Meshishnek, C. J. Panetta, Martin R. Ciofalo, Diana R. Alaan, Mary E. Brady |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Materials science
Aerospace Engineering 01 natural sciences Thermal control 010305 fluids & plasmas Kapton chemistry.chemical_compound Fluorinated ethylene propylene chemistry Space and Planetary Science 0103 physical sciences Test program Forensic engineering Transmittance Composite material Thin film 010303 astronomy & astrophysics Methyl silicone Earth (classical element) |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets. 53:1085-1099 |
| ISSN: | 1533-6794 0022-4650 |
| Popis: | A variety of common spacecraft thermal control materials were exposed to a laboratory test designed to simulate the effects of the low-Earth-orbital space-radiation environment. The goal of this test program was to garner performance data on the subject materials, which included two thickness types of old and new rear-surface-silverized fluorinated ethylene propylene Teflon® tape manufactured more than a decade apart, an embossed version of rear-surface-silverized fluorinated ethylene propylene Teflon tape, perforated rear-surface-aluminized Kapton, and a zinc oxide/methyl silicone white paint. In addition to providing high-fidelity data on the end-of-life performance of the materials, the testing revealed that older samples of the rear-surface-silverized fluorinated ethylene propylene Teflon tape showed widely disparate responses and greater solar absorptance increases compared to samples of the same, newly manufactured materials. Samples of the new rear-surface-silverized fluorinated ethylene propylene ... |
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