Terrestrial whisker growth experiments which anticipate some special effects of a space station environment /

Terrestrial whisker growth experiments which anticipate some special effects of a space station environment /

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"The effects of the absence of gravitationally driven thermal convection on the growth of whiskers by chemical reduction of metal salts was studied. It was possible to accomplish nearly complete suppression of such convection. Suppression of the convection does indeed effect the growth but in...

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Main Author: Hobbs, Herman H. (Author)
Corporate Author: United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (sponsoring body.)
Format: Government Document Microform Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : The George Washington University, Office of Sponsored Research : [National Aeronautics and Space Administration], [1988]
Series:NASA contractor report ; NASA CR-175440.
Subjects:
Surveys.
Crystal growth.
Metal crystals.
Metal halides.
Weightlessness.
Metallic whiskers.
Metal crystals > Growth > Effect of weightlessness on.
Crystallization > Effect of weightlessness on.
Space stations.
Copper.
Cobalt.
Convective heat transfer; Crystal growth; Metal crystals; Metal halides; Reduction (Chemistry); Retarding; Space processing; Weightlessness; Whiskers (Crystals); Electric fields; Cobalt; Copper; Flow velocity; Furnaces; Horizontal orientation; Performance prediction; Pipes (Tubes); Vertical orientation; Yield

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Call Number: NAS 1.26:175440
 
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