Summary of GPC/DV results for space exposed poly(arylene ether phosphine oxides). Final report
Gel Permeation Chromatography (GPC) was used to analyze poly(arylene ether phosphine oxide)s whose backbones were identical except for the ketone content and placement. These samples were exposed to low Earth orbit environment (predominantly atomic oxygen) on space shuttle flights. The materials and their unexposed controls were then characterized by GPC to investigate the effect of atomic oxygen on the molecular weight distributions. Analysis of the soluble portion of the samples revealed that there was significant loss of high molecular weight species. The presence of insoluble material also suggested that crosslinking was induced by the atomic oxygen exposure and that this very likely occurred at the high molecular weight portion of the molecular weight distribution.
- Research Organization:
- Lockheed Engineering and Sciences Co., Hampton, VA (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 188468
- Report Number(s):
- N-96-16578; NASA-CR-198217; NAS-1.26:198217; CNN: NAS1-19000; RTOP 505-63-50-01; TRN: 9616578
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: Sep 1995
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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