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Vacuum ultraviolet radiation/atomic oxygen synergism in materials reactivityExperimental results are presented which indicate that low fluxes of vacuum UV (VUV) radiation exert a pronounced influence on the atomic oxygen reactivity of such fluorocarbon and fluorocarbon spacecraft materials as the FEP Teflon and PCTFE that are under consideration for the Space Station Freedom. With simultaneous exposure to VUV fluxes comparable to those experienced in LEO, the reactivity of these materials becomes comparable to that of Kapton; VUV radiation has also been shown to increase the reactivity of Kapton with thermal-energy oxygen atoms.
Document ID
19900049145
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Koontz, Steven
(NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Leger, Lubert
(NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Albyn, Keith
(NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Cross, Jon
(Los Alamos National Laboratory NM, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
June 1, 1990
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets
Volume: 27
ISSN: 0022-4650
Subject Category
Nonmetallic Materials
Accession Number
90A36200
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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