Several transparent ceramics, such as spinel and AlONs are now being produced in sufficient large areas to be used in space craft window applications. The work horse transparent material for space missions from Apollo to the International Space Station has been fused silica due in part to its low coefficient of expansion and optical quality. Despite its successful use, fused silica exhibits anomalies in its crack growth behavior, depending on environmental preconditioning and surface damage. This presentation will compare recent optical ceramics to fused silica and discuss sources of variation in slow crack growth behavior.


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    Title :

    Fused Silica and Other Transparent Window Materials


    Contributors:
    J. Salem (author)

    Publication date :

    2016


    Size :

    27 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English







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