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Generation and evaluation of lunar dust adhesion mitigating materials
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Belcher, Marcus A. Wohl, Christopher J. Lin, Yi Connell, John W. Palmieri, Frank L. |
| Copyright Year | 2011 |
| Description | Particulate contamination is of concern in a variety of environments. This issue is especially important in confined spaces with highly controlled atmospheres such as space exploration vehicles involved in extraterrestrial surface missions. Lunar dust was a significant challenge for the Apollo astronauts and will be of greater concern for longer duration, future missions. Passive mitigation strategies, those not requiring external energy, may decrease some of these concerns, and have been investigated in this work. A myriad of approaches to modify the surface chemistry and topography of a variety of substrates was investigated. These involved generation of novel materials, photolithographic techniques, and other template approaches. Additionally, single particle and multiple particle methods to quantitatively evaluate the particle-substrate adhesion interactions were developed. |
| File Size | 1913129 |
| Page Count | 12 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20110015467 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t5hb4418r |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2011-06-27 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Lunar And Planetary Science And Exploration Scanning Electron Microscopy Siloxanes Particulates Controlled Atmospheres Chemical Reactions Synthesis Chemistry Adhesion Condensation Substrates Contamination Lunar Dust Lunar Environment Diamines Aromatic Compounds Topography Polyimides Photolithography Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |