Abstract Synergistic effect on atomic oxygen-induced erosion of polyethylene and polyimide with 172 nm vacuum ultraviolet was investigated using a quartz crystal microbalance. In order to adjust the relative intensity of atomic oxygen and vacuum ultraviolet, the sample was rotated with an axis perpendicular both to the axes of atomic oxygen and ultraviolet. The erosion rate of polymers by ultraviolet exposure alone is independent of the incident angle of ultraviolet, whereas that by atomic oxygen alone follows cosine function. It was observed that the erosion rate of polyethylene increased 30–100% by a simultaneous exposure of 172 nm vacuum ultraviolet and 5 eV atomic oxygen depending on the relative intensity. The erosion of oxygen covered-polyethylene was three times greater than that of nonoxidized polyethylene. These erosion properties suggested that two independent erosion pathways exist in a simultaneous atomic oxygen and ultraviolet exposure condition; the atomic oxygen-induced erosion and the ultraviolet-induced erosion associated with oxidation.


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    Titel :

    ENHANCEMENT OF ATOMIC OXYGEN-INDUCED EROSION OF SPACECRAFT POLYMERIC MATERIALS BY SIMULTANEOUS ULTRAVIOLET EXPOSURE


    Beteiligte:
    YOKOTA, KUMIKO (Autor:in) / OHMAE, NOBUO (Autor:in) / TAGAWA, MASAHITO (Autor:in)


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    01.01.2006


    Format / Umfang :

    12 pages





    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz/Kapitel (Buch)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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