Enhanced Test Facility for Survivability of Characterization of Evolving Multiscale Materials in Extreme Plasma Environments

Abstract

A major upgrade to the Utah State University Space Environment Effects Materials Test Facility has been completed. Two new synergistic vacuum test chambers were developed, through addition of novel instrumentation to existing systems. This has greatly enhanced and extended capabilities and ranges to investigate environmental effects on materials and components and to determine long-term survivability of space assets. One chamber probes electron emission, charging, and charge-transport properties of samples under extremes in electron-, ion-, and VUV/UV/Vis/NIR radiation-fluxes and cryogenic to high temperatures. A companion chamber provides versatile, cost-effective, long-duration aging of these samples in extreme simulated space conditions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 27, 2018
Accession Number
AD1062406

Entities

People

  • John R Denninson

Organizations

  • Utah State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aging (Materials)
  • Composite Materials
  • Detection
  • Dielectrics
  • Electron Emission
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Near Infrared Radiation
  • Optical Detection
  • Optical Detectors
  • Optical Properties
  • Space Environments
  • Test Facilities

Readers

  • Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) Technology.
  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster