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Spacecraft dielectric material properties and spacecraft chargingThe physics of spacecraft charging is reviewed, and criteria for selecting and testing semiinsulating polymers (SIPs) to avoid charging are discussed and illustrated. Chapters are devoted to the required properties of dielectric materials, the charging process, discharge-pulse phenomena, design for minimum pulse size, design to prevent pulses, conduction in polymers, evaluation of SIPs that might prevent spacecraft charging, and the general response of dielectrics to space radiation. SIPs characterized include polyimides, fluorocarbons, thermoplastic polyesters, poly(alkanes), vinyl polymers and acrylates, polymers containing phthalocyanine, polyacene quinones, coordination polymers containing metal ions, conjugated-backbone polymers, and 'metallic' conducting polymers. Tables summarizing the results of SIP radiation tests (such as those performed for the NASA Galileo Project) are included.
Document ID
19870045826
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Book
Authors
Frederickson, A. R.
(Rome Air Development Center Hanscom AFB, MA, United States)
Wall, J. A.
(USAF, Rome Air Development Center Bedford, MA, United States)
Cotts, D. B.
(SRI International Menlo Park, CA, United States)
Bouquet, F. L.
(California Institute of Technology Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States)
Date Acquired
August 13, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1986
Subject Category
Spacecraft Design, Testing And Performance
Accession Number
87A33100
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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