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Space Station - The base for tomorrow's electronic industryThe potential value of space material processing on the Space Station for the electronics industry is examined. The primary advantages of the space environment for producing high-purity semiconductors and electrooptical materials are identified as the virtual absence of gravity (suppressing buoyancy-driven convection in melts and density segregation of alloys) and the availabilty of high vacuum (with high pumping speed and heat rejection). The recent history of material development and processing technology in the electronics industry is reviewed, and the principal features of early space experiments are outlined.
Document ID
19870038179
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Naumann, Robert J.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Date Acquired
August 13, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1985
Subject Category
Materials Processing
Accession Number
87A25453
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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