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ACTA AERONAUTICAET ASTRONAUTICA SINICA ›› 2007, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (1): 207-212.

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An Investigation of Atomic Oxygen Resistance improving mechanism for Epoxy/Silica Nanocomposites

WANG Xin,ZHAO Xiao-hu,WANG Ming-zhu,SHEN Zhi-gang   

  1. School of Aeronautic Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  • Received:2005-09-17 Revised:2005-11-09 Online:2007-01-10 Published:2007-01-10
  • Contact: SHEN Zhi-gang

Abstract:

To improve the atomic oxygen (AO) resistance of the spacecraft resin matrix material, the inorganic silica nanoparticles were filled into the epoxy resin. Samples of the epoxy/silica nanocomposites were prepared and the AO exposure experiments were conducted in a ground-based AO effects simulation facility. The samples exhibited significantly less mass loss and erosion yield than the corresponding pristine epoxy resin. After AO exposure for 60h, the erosion yield of the nanocomposite containing 15phr nanoparticles decreased to 9.4% of that of the pristine epoxy resin.

Key words: Aerospace , Composites,  , AO , resistance,  , Nanoparticles,  , Epoxy , resin,  , Spacecraft

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