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Evaluation of Low Earth Orbit Environmental Effects on International Space Station Thermal Control Materials

Author
Dever, Joyce A.
Published
Aug. 1998.
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1 electronic document
Additional Creators
Reed, Charles K., Rutledge, Sharon K., and Hasegawa, Mark M.
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Summary
Samples of International Space Station (ISS) thermal control coatings were exposed to simulated low Earth orbit (LEO) environmental conditions to determine effects on optical properties. In one test, samples of the white paint coating Z-93P were coated with outgassed products from Tefzel(R) (ethylene tetrafluoroethylene copolymer) power cable insulation as-may occur on ISS. These samples were then exposed, along with an uncontaminated Z-93P witness sample, to vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) radiation to determine solar absorptance degradation. The Z-93P samples coated with Tefzel(R) outgassing products experienced greater increases in solar absorptance than witness samples not coated with Tefzel(R) outgassing products. In another test, samples of second surface silvered Teflon(R) FEP (fluorinated ethylene propylene), SiO. (where x=2)-coated silvered Teflon(R) FEP, and Z-93P witness samples were exposed to the combined environments of atomic oxygen and VLTV radiation to determine optical properties changes due to these simulated ISS environmental effects. This test verified the durability of these materials in the absence of contaminants.
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NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
Note
Document ID: 19980234623.
NASA/TM-1998-208500.
NAS 1.15:208500.
E-11298.
Protection of Materials in a Space Environment; 23-23 Apr. 1998; Toronto; Canada.
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