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Properties of Smoke from Overheated Materials in Low-Gravity

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Author(s)

David L. Urban, Gary A. Ruff, Thomas Cleary, Jiann Yang, George Mulholland, Zeng-guang Yuan

Abstract

Smoke particle size measurements were obtained under low-gravity conditions by overheating several materials typical of those found in spacecraft. The measurements included integral measurements of the smoke particles and physical sample of the particles for Transmission Electron Microscope analysis. The integral moments were combined to obtain geometric mean particle sizes and geometric standard deviations. These results are presented with the details of the instrument calibrations. The experimental results show that, for the materials tested, a substantial portion of the smoke particles are below 500 nm in diameter.
Proceedings Title
47th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting
Conference Dates
January 5-8, 2009
Conference Location
Orlando, FL, US

Keywords

Aerosol, detection, fire, low gravity, smoke, spacecraft

Citation

Urban, D. , Ruff, G. , Cleary, T. , Yang, J. , Mulholland, G. and Yuan, Z. (2009), Properties of Smoke from Overheated Materials in Low-Gravity, 47th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Orlando, FL, US, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=901353 (Accessed February 17, 2025)

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Created January 20, 2009, Updated October 9, 2024