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Effects of gravity on processing heavy metal fluoride fibers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Dennis S. Tucker ,
Gary L. Workman  and
Guy A. Smith
Dennis S. Tucker
Affiliation:
Space Sciences Laboratory, ES75, Marshall Space Flight Center, Alabama 35812
Gary L. Workman
Affiliation:
Center for Automation and Robotics, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, Alabama 35899
Guy A. Smith
Affiliation:
Center for Automation and Robotics, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, Alabama 35899
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Abstract

The effects of gravity on the crystal nucleation of heavy metal fluoride fibers have been studied in preliminary experiments utilizing NASA's KC-135 reduced gravity aircraft and a microgravity sounding rocket flight. Commercially produced fibers were heated to the crystallization temperature in normal and reduced gravity. The fibers processed in normal gravity showed complete crystallization while the fibers processed in reduced gravity did not show signs of crystallization.

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 12 , Issue 9 , September 1997 , pp. 2223 - 2225
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1997

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