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

Technical Report · Mon Jul 20 00:00:00 EDT 1987

OSTI ID:6045421

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

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.

• Research Organization: Aerospace Corp., El Segundo, CA (USA). Materials Sciences Lab.
• OSTI ID: 6045421
• Report Number(s): AD-A-182931/6/XAB; TR-0086(6935-05)-2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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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
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Erosion
& Degradation