Electrostatic charging and arc discharge on thin films of spacecraft dielectric materials are simulated in a laboratory by irradiating a monoenergetic electron beam. Materials irradiated are Teflon, Mylar and Kapton. Minimum beam energies that cause arc discharges are investigated under the pressure of less than 10-4 Pa. Some of the previously reported conditions of surface discharges are not reproduced. Analysis using a mass spectrograph suggests that molecules attached to the surface are affecting the discharge condition.
Discharge characteristics of polymer films irradiated by electron beam
Entladungskenngrößen von mit einem Elektronenstrahl bestrahlten Polymer-Dünnschichten
1989
4 Seiten, 8 Bilder, 1 Tabelle, 5 Quellen
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Englisch
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