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Partial analytical characterizations are made by four different techniques of three polymeric materials used in conjunction with the Space Telescope for samples flown on mission STS-8. The polymers were Tedlar, Kapton H, and Kapton F. The surfaces of the three polymers were attacked and oxidized by atomic oxygen, and fluorine is lost from the surface of Kapton F, largely due to displacement by atomic oxygen.
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In the experiment discussed molecular oxygen was allowed to mix with atomic hydrogen and ozone at the entrance to a 3-m flow tube. A rate equation for the decay of the vibrationally excited hydroxyl is derived, taking into consideration the reaction with ozone, radiative decay, wall quenching, and interaction with molecular oxygen. It is pointed out that molecular oxygen might be important as a quencher for the hydroxyl airglow in the upper atmosphere in spite of negative results obtained in fast-flow experiments conducted in the laboratory.-
Reaction rate of vibrationally excited hydroxyl with ozone, obtaining hydroxyl emission spectra by Fourier transform spectroscopy
Vibrationally excited ground state hydroxyl in fast flow system, considering mean radiative lifetime and reaction rate with ozone
Polyatomic molecule photoelectron spectroscopy, emphasizing spectra interpretation by quantum mechanical procedures
Ionization potentials of cyclobutadiene, using photoelectron spectrum measurement