NASA NTRS · 19850049656
Sputtering processes - Erosion and chemical change
Abstract
Laboratory data and models of sputter-induced erosion and chemical alterations in ice films are reviewed and the results are applied to icy grains and satellites exposed to magnetospheric ion bombardment. It is shown that the source of the plasma in the inner magnetosphere of Saturn is likely to be the sputter erosion of the icy objects in this region and the sputter erosion and possible stabilization of the E-ring are considered. Ion-induced polymerization is discussed as a source of the darkened rings of Uranus.
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Johnson, R. E., Lanzerotti, L. J., Brown, W. L.. 1984-01-01. Sputtering processes - Erosion and chemical change. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19850049656
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