NASA NTRS · 19930019067
Oxygen isotopes implanted in the LDEF spacecraft
Abstract
Secondary ion mass spectrometry was used to study oxygen implanted in the surface of copper from the Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF). Oxidation that occurred in orbit shows a characteristic oxygen isotope composition, depleted in O-18. The measured depletion is comparable to the predicted depletion (45 percent) based on a model of the gravitational separation of the oxygen isotopes. The anomalous oxygen was contained within 10nm of the surface. Tray E10 was calculated to have received 5.14 x 10(exp 21) atoms of oxygen cm(sup -2) during the LDEF mission and so there is sufficient anomalous implanted oxygen present in the surface to obtain a reliable isotopic profile.
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Saxton, J. M., Lyon, I. C., Chatzitheodoridis, E., Vanlierde, P., Gilmour, J. D., Turner, G.. 1993-04-01. Oxygen isotopes implanted in the LDEF spacecraft. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19930019067
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