The combined effect of hypervelocity space debris impact and atomic oxygen (AO) attack on the degradation of reinforced polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes (POSS)-polyimide films was studied. A laser-driven flyer (LDF) system was used to accelerate aluminum flyers to impact velocities of up to 3 km s-1. The impacted films were exposed to an RF-plasma source, which was used to simulate the effect of AO in the low Earth orbit. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was used to characterize the fracture morphology. The extent of damage in POSS-polyimide impacted films was found to be much smaller compared to POSS-free films, insinuating on a toughening mechanism developed due to POSS incorporation. When exposed to air RF-plasma, the impacted POSS-free film revealed a synergistic effect associated with a large increase in the erosion rate while impacted POSS-containing samples showed improved erosion resistance. The increased erosion rate of the impacted POSS-free film is explained by formation of residual stresses that affect the oxidation mainly by increasing the diffusivity of oxygen.


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    Titel :

    POSS-polyimide nanocomposite films: Simulated hypervelocity space debris and atomic oxygen effects


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Aus POSS-Polyimid bestehende Nanoverbundwerkstofffilme: Die simulierten Einwirkungen von Hochgeschwindigkeitsweltraumtrümmern und atomarem Sauerstoff


    Beteiligte:
    Verker, R. (Autor:in) / Grossman, E. (Autor:in) / Gouzman, I. (Autor:in) / Eliaz, N. (Autor:in)


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2008


    Format / Umfang :

    16 Seiten, 8 Bilder, 2 Tabellen, 35 Quellen




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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