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Atomic research
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
|---|---|
| Author | Cothren, Bobby Connatser, Robert Johnson, R. B. Hadaway, James B. |
| Copyright Year | 1993 |
| Description | Work performed by the University of Alabama in Huntsville's (UAH) Center for Applied Optics (CAO) entitled Atomic Research is documented. Atomic oxygen (AO) effects on materials have long been a critical concern in designing spacecraft to withstand exposure to the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) environment. The objective of this research effort was to provide technical expertise in the design of instrumentation and experimental techniques for analyzing materials exposed to atomic oxygen in accelerated testing at NASA/MSFC. Such testing was required to answer fundamental questions concerning Space Station Freedom (SSF) candidate materials and materials exposed to atomic oxygen aboard the Long-Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF). The primary UAH task was to provide technical design, review, and analysis to MSFC in the development of a state-of-the-art 5eV atomic oxygen beam facility required to simulate the RAM-induced low earth orbit (LEO) AO environment. This development was to be accomplished primarily at NASA/MSFC. In support of this task, contamination effects and ultraviolet (UV) simulation testing was also to be carried out using NASA/MSFC facilities. Any materials analysis of LDEF samples was to be accomplished at UAH. |
| File Size | 1445907 |
| Page Count | 36 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19940010432 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t59d1vp0s |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1993-07-26 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Atomic And Molecular Physics Atomic Physics Earth Orbital Environments Oxygen Atoms Accelerated Life Tests Low Earth Orbits Spacecraft Contamination Materials Tests Space Station Freedom Space Environment Simulation Long Duration Exposure Facility Radiation Dosage Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
