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Effects of Gravity on Processing Heavy Metal Fluoride FibersThe effects of gravity on the crystal nucleation of heavy metal fluoride fibers have been studied in preliminary experiments utilizing NASA's KC-135 reduced gravity aircraft and a microgravity sounding rocket flight. Commercially produced fibers were heated to the crystallization temperature in normal and reduced gravity. The fibers processed in normal gravity showed complete crystallization while the fibers processed in reduced gravity did not show signs of crystallization.
Document ID
19990008039
Acquisition Source
Marshall Space Flight Center
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Tucker, Dennis S.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL United States)
Workman, Gary L.
(Alabama Univ. Huntsville, AL United States)
Smith, Guy A.
(Alabama Univ. Huntsville, AL United States)
Date Acquired
August 19, 2013
Publication Date
September 1, 1997
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Materials Research
Publisher: Materials Research Society
Volume: 12
Issue: 9
ISSN: 0884-2914
Subject Category
Metallic Materials
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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