EFFECTS OF THE SPACE ENVIRONMENT ON PLASTICS: A SUMMARY WITH ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Technical Report · Sun Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1962

OSTI ID:4769406

Landrock, A H

A brief summary outlines the various space environmental factors, natural and induced, and discusses their effects on plastics and related materials. These factors are: ultraviolet radiation, high-vacuum environment, temperature extremes, high-energy radiation and high-energy particles, sputtering, and micrometeorite erosion. Structural plastics, coatings, and elastomeric materials are considered. The bibliography lists 202 selected references. In the annotations, plastic materials covered in the references are listed and results and conclusions are outlined when feasible. The arrangement is alphabetical by author. An index is provided, covering both materials and subjects. This index is supplemented with additional indexes listing personal and corporate authors, military contract numbers, ASTIA AD numbers, report numbers, and technical conferences. (auth)

• Research Organization: Picatinny Arsenal. Plastics Technical Evaluation Center, Dover, N.J.
• NSA Number: NSA-17-002006
• OSTI ID: 4769406
• Report Number(s): PLASTEC-12
• Country of Publication: Country unknown/Code not available
• Language: English

Related Subjects

BIBLIOGRAPHY
COATING
ELASTOMERS
EROSION
METALS, CERAMICS, AND OTHER MATERIALS
POLYMERS
RADIATION DOSES
RADIATIONS
SPACE
SPUTTERING
TEMPERATURE
ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION
VACUUM