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EFFECTS OF SPACE ENVIRONMENT EXPOSURE ON THE BLOCKING FORCE OF SILICONE ADHESIVE

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PROTECTION OF MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES FROM THE SPACE ENVIRONMENT

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Abstract

An issue has been identified with the diode tape used on the International Space Station (ISS) solar arrays to provide a high emittance surface for the underlying diodes. The diode tape consists of silicone pressure sensitive adhesive (Dow Corning QC-7725) with a protective Kapton over-layer to prevent sticking prior to solar array deployment. On-orbit, the Kapton over-layer will erode under exposure to atomic oxygen (AO). Under additional AO exposure, the underlying exposed silicone adhesive is expected to convert to a glass like silicate.

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  1. The Boeing Company, 13100 Space Center Blvd., Houston, Texas, 77059, U.S.A

    PAUL BOEDER & RON MIKATARIAN

  2. NASA Johnson Space Center, M.S.ES4/NASA/JSC, 2101 NASA Road 1, Houston, TX, 77058, U.S.A.

    STEVE KOONTZ

  3. NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Mail Code ED31, Bldg. 4711 Room 100B, AL, 35812, U.S.A.

    MARY J. LORENZ, KEITH ALBYN & MIRIA FINCKENOR

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  1. Integrity Testing Laboratory Inc. Markham, Toronto, Canada

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BOEDER, P., MIKATARIAN, R., LORENZ, M.J., KOONTZ, S., ALBYN, K., FINCKENOR, M. (2006). EFFECTS OF SPACE ENVIRONMENT EXPOSURE ON THE BLOCKING FORCE OF SILICONE ADHESIVE. In: Kleiman, J.I. (eds) PROTECTION OF MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES FROM THE SPACE ENVIRONMENT. Space Technology Proceedings, vol 6. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4319-8_26

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