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Currently planned missions of ESA (European Space Agency) to the inner part of the solar system will require the use of materials at an extreme radiation/temperature environment. This paper deals with the investigation of the thermal stability of two types of polyimides at a temperature of 350°C. Both materials were assessed by TGA (Thermo Gravimetric Analysis). Further tests were conducted in a high vacuum facility at 350°C. Test data were gathered up to a duration of 2500 hrs. The thermal stability was assessed by mass loss measurements and by UV/VIS/NIR spectrophotometric transmission measurements. Furthermore the degradation behaviour of the thermo-optical properties versus time at this temperature was characterised.
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Semprimoschnig, C.O.A., Heltzel, S., Polsak, A., Eesbeek, M.V. (2004). On the Thermal Stability of Polyimides for Space Application. In: Kleiman, J.I., Iskanderova, Z. (eds) Protection of Materials and Structures from Space Environment. Space Technology Proceedings, vol 5. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-2595-5_13
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