In UK patent 2270028 General Electric Co. describes a lightweight tank, useful for holding fuels and the like in space-deployed vessels. It is produced by depositing a metal layer on the outer surface of a disposable pattern, forming a lightweight tank shell thereon, typically by wrapping with a polymer-impregnated reinforcing material and then curing followed by removal of the pattern. The metal layer serves as a leak barrier and protects the polymer from corrosive damage that may be produced by the propellant fuel or oxidant.
Patent abstracts
Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology ; 67 , 2 ; 37
1995-02-01
1 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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