Effects on advanced materials: results of the STS-8 EOIM (effects of oxygen interaction with materials) experiment

Meshishnek, M J; Stuckey, W K; Evangelides, J S; Feldman, L A; Peterson, R V

Title: Effects on advanced materials: results of the STS-8 EOIM (effects of oxygen interaction with materials) experiment

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A variety of materials were exposed to the low-Earth-orbit space environment on shuttle flight STS-8 as a part of NASA's Effects of Oxygen Atoms Interaction with Materials experiment. These materials include carbon and graphites, optical materials, organic and metal films, Kevlar and fiberglass fabric, and high-temperature coatings. The effects noted on these materials included oxidative erosion of the carbon and graphite, loss of tensile strength for the Kevlar fabric, erosion and oxidation of organic films, partial oxidation of infrared optical materials, and loss of reflectance for the high-temperature coatings.

Authors:: Meshishnek, M J; Stuckey, W K; Evangelides, J S; Feldman, L A; Peterson, R V

Publication Date:: Mon Jul 20 00:00:00 EDT 1987

Research Org.:: Aerospace Corp., El Segundo, CA (USA). Materials Sciences Lab.

OSTI Identifier:: 6045421

Report Number(s):: AD-A-182931/6/XAB; TR-0086(6935-05)-2

Resource Type:: Technical Report

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; ARAMIDS; OXIDATION; CARBON; CARBON FIBERS; COATINGS; FIBERGLASS; GRAPHITE; PLASTICS; ATOMS; AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; EROSION; FILMS; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; GERMANIUM; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IMPREGNATION; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; INFRARED RADIATION; INTERACTIONS; LOSSES; MATERIALS; OXYGEN; THIN FILMS; THORIUM COMPOUNDS; TIN COMPOUNDS; ZINC COMPOUNDS; ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ELEMENTAL MINERALS; ELEMENTS; FIBERS; INTEGRAL TRANSFORMATIONS; METALS; MINERALS; NONMETALS; PETROCHEMICALS; PETROLEUM PRODUCTS; RADIATIONS; SPECTROSCOPY; SYNTHETIC MATERIALS; TRANSFORMATIONS; 360604* - Materials- Corrosion, Erosion, & Degradation

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                    Meshishnek, M J, Stuckey, W K, Evangelides, J S, Feldman, L A, and Peterson, R V. Effects on advanced materials: results of the STS-8 EOIM (effects of oxygen interaction with materials) experiment.  United States: N. p., 1987. 
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                    Meshishnek, M J, Stuckey, W K, Evangelides, J S, Feldman, L A, & Peterson, R V. Effects on advanced materials: results of the STS-8 EOIM (effects of oxygen interaction with materials) experiment.  United States.

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                    Meshishnek, M J, Stuckey, W K, Evangelides, J S, Feldman, L A, and Peterson, R V. 1987.  
        "Effects on advanced materials: results of the STS-8 EOIM (effects of oxygen interaction with materials) experiment".  United States.

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  title        = {Effects on advanced materials: results of the STS-8 EOIM (effects of oxygen interaction with materials) experiment},

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  abstractNote = {A variety of materials were exposed to the low-Earth-orbit space environment on shuttle flight STS-8 as a part of NASA's Effects of Oxygen Atoms Interaction with Materials experiment. These materials include carbon and graphites, optical materials, organic and metal films, Kevlar and fiberglass fabric, and high-temperature coatings. The effects noted on these materials included oxidative erosion of the carbon and graphite, loss of tensile strength for the Kevlar fabric, erosion and oxidation of organic films, partial oxidation of infrared optical materials, and loss of reflectance for the high-temperature coatings.},

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