Measurements of Electronic Properties of Conducting Spacecraft Materials with Application to the Modeling of Spacecraft Charging

Authors

W. Y. Chang
John R. Dennison, Utah State UniversityFollow
Parker Judd

Document Type

Conference Paper

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Proceedings of the 38th American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Meeting on Aerospace Sciences

Publisher

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Publication Date

1-1-2000

Abstract

This paper describes the results of the first stage of this project, measurements of the electronic properties of conducting spacecraft materials. We begin with a description of the required measurements and specifics of the experimental methods used. A complete list of the conducting materials studied, justification of their selection for study, and a summary of the important results of the measurements is presented. This is followed by detailed measurements and analysis for one representative conductor, namely polycrystalline Au. We end with a description of incorporation of these measurements into the NASCAP database.

Comments

Paper presented at Proceedings of the 38th American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Meeting on Aerospace Sciences. Copyright held by publisher. Available for download through link above.

Recommended Citation

W.Y. Chang, JR Dennsion and Parker Judd, “Measurements of Electronic Properties of Conducting Spacecraft Materialswith Application to the Modeling of Spacecraft Charging,” Paper AIAA-2000-0870, Proceedings of the 38th AmericanInstitute of Aeronautics and Astronomics Meeting on Aerospace Sciences, (Reno, NV, 2000).