Experimental results are presented which indicate that low fluxes of vacuum UV (VUV) radiation exert a pronounced influence on the atomic oxygen reactivity of such fluorocarbon and fluorocarbon spacecraft materials as the FEP Teflon and PCTFE that are under consideration for the Space Station Freedom. With simultaneous exposure to VUV fluxes comparable to those experienced in LEO, the reactivity of these materials becomes comparable to that of Kapton; VUV radiation has also been shown to increase the reactivity of Kapton with thermal-energy oxygen atoms.
Vacuum ultraviolet radiation/atomic oxygen synergism in materials reactivity
1990-06-01
Miscellaneous
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English
A Technique for Synergistic Atomic Oxygen and Vacuum Ultraviolet Radiation Durability
British Library Conference Proceedings | 1999
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