An overview of the evaluation of oxygen interaction with materials-third phase (EOIM-III) experiment - Space Shuttle Mission 46
Abstract
An overview of EOIM-III, designed to produce benchmark atomic oxygen reactivity data is presented. Ambient density measurements are conducted using a quadrupole mass spectrometer calibrated for atomic oxygen measurements in a unique ground-based test facility. The combination of these data with the predictions of ambient density models permits an assessment of the accuracy of measured reaction rates on a variety of materials, many of which have never been tested in LEO previously.
- Publication:
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31st AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit
- Pub Date:
- January 1993
- Bibcode:
- 1993aiaa.meetQT...L
- Keywords:
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- Earth Orbital Environments;
- Oxygen Atoms;
- Reactivity;
- Spacecraft Construction Materials;
- Space Shuttle Missions;
- Spaceborne Experiments;
- Astronautics (General)