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Implications of adhesion studies for dust mitigation on thermal control surfaces
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Gaier, James R. Berkebile, Stephen P. |
| Copyright Year | 2012 |
| Description | Experiments measuring the adhesion forces under ultrahigh vacuum conditions (10 (exp -10) torr) between a synthetic volcanic glass and commonly used space exploration materials have recently been described. The glass has a chemistry and surface structure typical of the lunar regolith. It was found that Van der Waals forces between the glass and common spacecraft materials was negligible. Charge transfer between the materials was induced by mechanically striking the spacecraft material pin against the glass plate. No measurable adhesion occurred when striking the highly conducting materials, however, on striking insulating dielectric materials the adhesion increased dramatically. This indicates that electrostatic forces dominate over Van der Waals forces under these conditions. The presence of small amounts of surface contaminants was found to lower adhesive forces by at least two orders of magnitude, and perhaps more. Both particle and space exploration material surfaces will be cleaned by the interaction with the solar wind and other energetic processes and stay clean because of the extremely high vacuum (10 (exp -12) torr) so the atomically clean adhesion values are probably the relevant ones for the lunar surface environment. These results are used to interpret the results of dust mitigation technology experiments utilizing textured surfaces, work function matching surfaces and brushing. They have also been used to reinterpret the results of the Apollo 14 Thermal Degradation Samples experiment. |
| File Size | 1743028 |
| Page Count | 23 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20120003736 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t87h6kj95 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2012-03-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Lunar And Planetary Science And Exploration Glass Dielectrics Coatings Apollo 14 Flight Adhesion Van Der Waals Forces Control Surfaces Dust Collectors Lunar Soil Synthetic Resins Temperature Control Ultrahigh Vacuum Solar Wind 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 |
