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Sample levitation and melt in microgravity (Document No: 20080008796)
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
|---|---|
| Copyright Year | 1990 |
| Description | A system is described for maintaining a sample material in a molten state and away from the walls of a container in a microgravity environment, as in a space vehicle. A plurality of sources of electromagnetic radiation, such as an infrared wavelength, are spaced about the object, with the total net electromagnetic radiation applied to the object being sufficient to maintain it in a molten state, and with the vector sum of the applied radiation being in a direction to maintain the sample close to a predetermined location away from the walls of a container surrounding the sample. For a processing system in a space vehicle that orbits the Earth, the net radiation vector is opposite the velocity of the orbiting vehicle. |
| File Size | 528658 |
| Page Count | 7 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20080008796 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t47q3wk19 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1990-01-30 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Aeronautics (general) Levitation Electromagnetic Radiation Patents Microgravity Walls Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Patent |
