Surfaces of the aluminized Teflon FEP multi-layer thermal insulation on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) were found to be cracked and curled in some areas at the time of the second servicing mission in February 1997, 6.8 years after HST was deployed in low Earth orbit (LEO). As part of a test program to assess environmental conditions which would produce embrittlement sufficient to cause cracking of Teflon on HST, samples of Teflon FEP with a backside layer of vapor deposited aluminum were exposed to vacuum ultraviolet (V) and soft x-ray radiation of various energies using facilities at the National Synchrotron Light Source, Brookhaven National Laboratory. Samples were exposed to synchrotron radiation of narrow energy bands centered on energies between 69 eV and 1900 eV. Samples were analyzed for ultimate tensile strength and elongation. Results will be compared to those of aluminized Teflon FEP retrieved from HST after 3.6 years and 6.8 years on orbit and will be referenced to estimated HST mission doses of VUV and soft x-ray radiation.


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    Title :

    Synchrotron VUV and soft X-ray radiation effects on aluminized Teflon FEP


    Contributors:
    Dever, J.A. (author) / Townsend, J.A. (author) / Gaier, J.R. (author) / Jalics, A.I. (author)


    Publication date :

    1998


    Size :

    13 Seiten, 10 Quellen


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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