Material Shields against Neutral Atomic Particle Beams.

Abstract

A material shield designed to protect a spacecraft against an atomic particle beam will, of necessity, be quite massive; consequently, even modest fractional-weight savings would be significant. With this goal in mind, the particle stopping power and range in various materials were investigated. The lightest shield materials are compounds composed of hydrogen and other light elements. Keywords include: Particle beams; Lethality; Survivability; Material atom shield; Particle ranges; and Stopping powers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 12, 1985
Accession Number
ADA159445

Entities

People

  • S. W. Kash

Organizations

  • The Aerospace Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Atoms
  • Bremsstrahlung
  • Charged Particles
  • Collisions
  • Composite Materials
  • Dielectric Polymers
  • Electron Gas
  • Electrons
  • Elements
  • Free Electrons
  • Hydrogen
  • Materials
  • Nuclear Materials
  • Particle Beam Weapons
  • Particle Beams
  • Radiation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster