Author: Donald Edward Hunton
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Category : Mass spectrometry
Languages : en
Pages : 76
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A Quadrupole Ion/Neutral Mass Spectrometer (QINMS) was developed for the fourth flight of the Space Shuttle in June and July of 1982. Several additional instruments have been built for other programs using the same design. The instruments are designed to measure the neutral and positive ion composition in the vicinity of the Space Shuttle or similar satellites. Other experimental capabilities include the measurements of total neutral pressure, total ion density, and species kinetic energy distributions. This report describes in detail the design and construction of the QINMS instruments, the integration requirements, ground testing and calibration procedures, typical flight operations, and finally, data requirements.
Quadrupole Ion/neutral Mass Spectrometer for Space Shuttle Applications
Author: Donald Edward Hunton
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Category : Mass spectrometry
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
A Quadrupole Ion/Neutral Mass Spectrometer (QINMS) was developed for the fourth flight of the Space Shuttle in June and July of 1982. Several additional instruments have been built for other programs using the same design. The instruments are designed to measure the neutral and positive ion composition in the vicinity of the Space Shuttle or similar satellites. Other experimental capabilities include the measurements of total neutral pressure, total ion density, and species kinetic energy distributions. This report describes in detail the design and construction of the QINMS instruments, the integration requirements, ground testing and calibration procedures, typical flight operations, and finally, data requirements.
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Category : Mass spectrometry
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
A Quadrupole Ion/Neutral Mass Spectrometer (QINMS) was developed for the fourth flight of the Space Shuttle in June and July of 1982. Several additional instruments have been built for other programs using the same design. The instruments are designed to measure the neutral and positive ion composition in the vicinity of the Space Shuttle or similar satellites. Other experimental capabilities include the measurements of total neutral pressure, total ion density, and species kinetic energy distributions. This report describes in detail the design and construction of the QINMS instruments, the integration requirements, ground testing and calibration procedures, typical flight operations, and finally, data requirements.
Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports
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Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 994
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Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 994
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LDEF Materials Results for Spacecraft Applications
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Category : Materials
Languages : en
Pages : 566
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Category : Materials
Languages : en
Pages : 566
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Effects of Thruster Firings on the Shuttle Environment 1
Author: Donald Edward Hunton
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Category : Aircraft exhaust emissions
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
The changes in the neutral gas composition surrounding the Space Shuttle caused by the Shuttle's Vernier Reaction Control System (VRCS) and Orbital Maneuvering System (OMS) rocket engines were measured with a quadrupole mass spectrometer aboard STS-4. There are substantial differences between the measured composition changes in the payload bay and the calculated composition of the thruster exhaust plumes. These differences can be explained by kinematic effects that occur as the exhaust products collide with surfaces and other gas phase species in the Shuttle environment. Hydrogen, because of its light mass, is enriched in the return flux to the spacecraft, and tends to permeate the Shuttle environment during thruster firings more easily than heavier species. The effect of the thruster firings on the mass spectrometer also depended on the attitude of the instrument with respect to the velocity vector. When the mass spectrometer was pointed into the velocity vector, decreases in atomic oxygen concentration were detected during the engine firings.
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Category : Aircraft exhaust emissions
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
The changes in the neutral gas composition surrounding the Space Shuttle caused by the Shuttle's Vernier Reaction Control System (VRCS) and Orbital Maneuvering System (OMS) rocket engines were measured with a quadrupole mass spectrometer aboard STS-4. There are substantial differences between the measured composition changes in the payload bay and the calculated composition of the thruster exhaust plumes. These differences can be explained by kinematic effects that occur as the exhaust products collide with surfaces and other gas phase species in the Shuttle environment. Hydrogen, because of its light mass, is enriched in the return flux to the spacecraft, and tends to permeate the Shuttle environment during thruster firings more easily than heavier species. The effect of the thruster firings on the mass spectrometer also depended on the attitude of the instrument with respect to the velocity vector. When the mass spectrometer was pointed into the velocity vector, decreases in atomic oxygen concentration were detected during the engine firings.
LDEF
Author: Arlene S. Levine
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Category : Materials
Languages : en
Pages : 558
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Category : Materials
Languages : en
Pages : 558
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Environmental Research Papers
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Category : Environmental geology
Languages : en
Pages : 196
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Category : Environmental geology
Languages : en
Pages : 196
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LDEF: 69 Months in Space. Third Post-Retrieval Symposium, Part 3
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 556
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 556
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Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
Author: United States. Superintendent of Documents
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1112
Book Description
February issue includes Appendix entitled Directory of United States Government periodicals and subscription publications; September issue includes List of depository libraries; June and December issues include semiannual index
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1112
Book Description
February issue includes Appendix entitled Directory of United States Government periodicals and subscription publications; September issue includes List of depository libraries; June and December issues include semiannual index
Government Reports Announcements & Index
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1256
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1256
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Government Reports Annual Index
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Category : Research
Languages : en
Pages : 954
Book Description
Sections 1-2. Keyword Index.--Section 3. Personal author index.--Section 4. Corporate author index.-- Section 5. Contract/grant number index, NTIS order/report number index 1-E.--Section 6. NTIS order/report number index F-Z.
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Category : Research
Languages : en
Pages : 954
Book Description
Sections 1-2. Keyword Index.--Section 3. Personal author index.--Section 4. Corporate author index.-- Section 5. Contract/grant number index, NTIS order/report number index 1-E.--Section 6. NTIS order/report number index F-Z.