Measurements of the Total Mass Loss (TML) and the Collected Volatile Condensable Materials (CVCM) are used as a guide for selecting those materials being low in outgassing. A contamination modelling method utilizing the data and also the rate at which a material outgasses in a system with aknown conductance has been developed and has been applied to the problem encountered with the Very High Resolution Radiometer (VHRR). Recently, the contamination model has been applied to the problem with the 5th band of the Multi-Spectral Scanner on the Landsat-C satellite. In the MSS design, the volumes involved and their respective conductance in a molecular flow field demonstrated that the water vapor adsorbed and absorbed by an epoxy paint was being pumped off and r-ad(b)sorbed, with a resultant very slow loss of water during each degassing temperature cycle of the instrument's cooler. Recommendations for designing improved coolers are presented. (Stoehr)
Contamination effects from materials selected for spacecraft instruments
Verunreinigungen aus den bei der Raumfahrtinstrumentierung eingesetzten Werkstoffen
1979
9 Seiten, 3 Bilder
Conference paper
English
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