Electrical Conductivity and Discharge in Spacecraft Thermal Control Dielectrics
- 1 January 1982
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
- Vol. 29 (6) , 1594-1600
- https://doi.org/10.1109/tns.1982.4336410
Abstract
Engineering data on the radiation-induced and delayed conductivity in several common spacecraft dielectrics under conditions that approximate space exposure is presented. Direct measurements of discharge propagation velocity on Kapton, Teflon and Mylar is reported. Glass, and occasionally Mylar, exhibited discharges which propagated faster than 2 × 108 cm/s, but persist at ¿10-7 s.Keywords
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