Irradiation damage effects of the epoxy resin 648 and epoxy nano‐composites were studied by exposing them to vacuum ultraviolet irradiation (VUV) with wavelength varying from 5 nm to 200 nm. Experimental results obtained from mass loss, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and X‐ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) show that nano‐ particles provide better resistance performance. Epoxy nano‐composite was found to be more advantageous over epoxy resin due to significant lower mass loss, lower flexural strength variation and the lower outgassing, with less gas component varieties after irradiation. In addition, now new carbon peaks were found and the principle components of the O ls peak did not change.
Behavior of Epoxy Nano‐composites under the Vacuum Ultraviolet Irradiation
PROTECTION OF MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES FROM SPACE ENVIRONMENT: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference: Protection of Materials and Structures From Space Environment ; 2008 ; Toronto (Canada)
AIP Conference Proceedings ; 1087 , 1 ; 98-106
2009-01-05
9 pages
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
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