低地球轨道环境对材料的影响

综述了原子氧、空间辐射、热循环、高真空、微流星和空间碎片等低地球轨道环境因素对材料性能的影响；从地面模拟实验、材料研制与防护涂层的开发等方面提出了急需解决的问题，为空间站、人造卫星等低轨道航天器用材料的选择与研制提供了依据。     

航天材料空间环境效应损伤机制及关联性研究

基于航天材料在轨将遭遇多种空间环境的作用且不同空间环境对航天材料的损伤存在一定的关联性,本文首先对航天材料的空间环境及效应进行了介绍,接着对真空、温度、微重力、等离子体、粒子辐射、太阳电磁辐射、空间大气、空间碎片及微流星体、空间污染、空间动力学、腐蚀及空间生物等环境对航天材料的损伤机制及不同损伤机制之间的关联性进行了研究,最后对需要进一步研究和关注的方向进行了讨论并给出了发展建议。     

锦纶材料空间环境适应性研究

为研究锦纶材料在长寿命在轨航天器中的环境适应性，提出了锦纶材料在空间环境使用的空间环境适应性评价指标，设计并实施了空间环境适应性评价试验。试验结果表明，锦纶材料在燃烧性能、逸出有害气体、真空质损和可凝挥发物、抗菌防霉、耐受交变温度、电离辐射中表现出友好的环境适应性。锦纶材料在受到空间环境中原子氧、紫外辐射作用时断裂强力明显下降，且原子氧与紫外辐照协同效果对锦纶材料的力学性能破坏具有加强效果。锦纶材料可作为空间舱内环境长期使用材料，在舱外环境使用时，需要特别考虑其力学特性受到原子氧、紫外辐照的影响。     

环氧纳米复合材料的空间环境性能研究

试验研究了纳米粒子对环氧648树脂空间环境性能的影响，主要空间环境模拟试验包括真空挥发、电子辐照、常压冷热循环和热真空试验等。结果表明，纳米TiO2、SiO2的加入能大幅度提高环氧648树脂的空间出气性能。树脂的冲击强度分别提高59％和20％，电子辐照后性能变化不大，常压、真空热循环后性能有所降低，添加纳米材料的有些性能还有所增加。     

乙烯基硅橡胶生胶中低分子的脱除

由于硅橡胶是用催化平衡的方法制备，生胶中含有约3％的挥发性的低分子量环体，会对硅橡胶的热真空失重（TML）、可凝挥发物性能（CVCM）有极大影响。为使所制得的硅橡胶符合空间级材料要求，分别采用溶剂抽提法和热真空处理法来脱除乙烯基硅橡胶中的小分子，通过比较处理前后硅橡胶的分子量及其分布、TML、CVCM，对比了两种方法脱除小分子的效果；并制备得到了符合空间级标准的硅橡胶。     

空间聚四氟乙烯的真空紫外辐射及其与原子氧的复合效应研究

聚四氟乙烯是航天器上常用的一种聚合物材料。在空间环境效应地面模拟试验设备中 ,对这种材料开展了真空紫外辐射、真空紫外辐射与原子氧复合效应的试验研究 ,总结和分析了试验前后试样外观、质量、光学参数和表面成分等方面的变化规律 ,并对真空紫外辐射及其与原子氧复合作用的过程和反应机理做了初步的分析。得出结论 :真空紫外辐射作用下试样表面积累了碳而发生暗化 ,原子氧又将其漂白 ,这两种因素的复合作用 ,可能会使Teflon材料产生更为严重的剥蚀。     

空间光学遥感器的发展对先进复合材料的需求

从国内外空间光学遥感器技术发展的需要出发,提出了对该领域内基础材料的需求及其应用特点。在此基础上,又提出了空间光学遥感器中光机结构材料和典型的光学反射镜材料在机械稳定性和热稳定性方面的要求。还提出了应用材料在空间中的热真空适应性和表面防护问题。同时介绍了新型空间光学遥感器中应用的新型复合材料。     

空间环境分子污染对航天器的影响

空间环境分子污染对航天器的影响,是目前高可靠性、长寿命航天器在设计时非常重要的问题之一。通过对国外航天器在轨飞行过程中所发生的分子污染现象的总结,从分子污染的来源、形成过程、与原子氧和紫外辐射等其他空间环境因素间的反应、对航天器敏感表面特性的影响等方面,对分子污染效应做了详细的介绍。并指出,材料的真空放气产物和原子氧剥蚀产物在航天器表面的沉积,是分子污染的主要来源。而在原子氧和紫外辐射的作用下,污染层会发生氧化、固结、暗化等现象,使其外观和成分发生了不同程度的变化,从而对航天器敏感表面的光、电、热控等性能带来了很大程度的影响。     

空间摩擦学及其材料的研究进展

综述了空间苛刻服役环境及其对空间摩擦学材料性能影响的研究,深入分析了空间环境对空间摩擦材料、空间耐磨材料和空间减摩材料摩擦磨损机理的影响。空间摩擦材料主要应用于空间对接机构及空间机械臂中,应具有稳定的摩擦力矩与优良的抗黏着磨损性能。空间耐磨材料主要应用于空间轴承、齿轮和密封件等部件中,如FeAl金属间化合物在高温下抗蠕变性急剧下降,常通过添加金属元素(Ce,Cr,Mn,Mo,Nb,W等)及固体润滑剂提高材料抗蠕变性能;Ti及其合金常通过表面改性改善黏着性;与基体结合性良好的耐磨涂层可以较大程度的改善材料的耐磨性。空间减摩材料主要指润滑剂与自润滑材料,如软金属Pb、高分子材料PI和PTFE等,以及某些金属的氧化物,氟化物和硫化物等,能较好地降低材料表面的摩擦因数。随着航天科技的发展,亟须开发新型高性能空间摩擦学材料,建立摩擦学材料数据库,以应对国际航天技术发展的挑战。     

卫星胶粘剂出气性质测试和预处理结果分析

根据有关标准，对卫星用１３种胶粘剂材料出气污染性质进行了标准筛选测试和不同预处理条件下的再标准测试。测试结果分析表明：真空烘烤预处理可明显降低材料总质量扣损失；真空烘烤预处理不能明显改善材料水气回吸性。     

原子氧对Kapton／Al薄膜性能影响研究

模拟空间环境下原子氧辐照条件,通过采用固定的原子氧束流密度进行不同时间辐照试验,研究了温控涂层材料Kapton/Al薄膜的质量损失、光学性能、表面形貌和表面粗糙度的演化规律.试验结果表明,原子氧对材料的剥蚀量与原子氧的作用时间成正比例关系.材料辐照后太阳吸收率发生明显变化,而辐射率几乎不发生变化.辐照后试样表面的粗糙度,是影响太阳吸收率变化主要因素.随着辐照时间的增长,材料表面粗糙度增加,导致太阳吸收率增大.     

Observations of the Sun at Vacuum-Ultraviolet Wavelengths from Space. Part II: Results and Interpretations

In Part I of this review, the concepts of solar vacuum-ultraviolet (VUV) observations were outlined together with a discussion of the space instrumentation used for the investigations. A section on spectroradiometry provided some quantitative results on the solar VUV radiation without considering any details of the solar phenomena leading to the radiation. Here, in Part II, we present solar VUV observations over the last decades and their interpretations in terms of the plasma processes and the parameters of the solar atmosphere, with emphasis on the spatial and thermal structures of the chromosphere, transition region and corona of the quiet Sun. In addition, observations of active regions, solar flares and prominences are included as well as of small-scale events. Special sections are devoted to the elemental composition of the solar atmosphere and theoretical considerations on the heating of the corona and the generation of the solar wind.     

Mercury’s Weather-Beaten Surface: Understanding Mercury in the Context of Lunar and Asteroidal Space Weathering Studies

Mercury’s regolith, derived from the crustal bedrock, has been altered by a set of space weathering processes. Before we can interpret crustal composition, it is necessary to understand the nature of these surface alterations. The processes that space weather the surface are the same as those that form Mercury’s exosphere (micrometeoroid flux and solar wind interactions) and are moderated by the local space environment and the presence of a global magnetic field. To comprehend how space weathering acts on Mercury’s regolith, an understanding is needed of how contributing processes act as an interactive system. As no direct information (e.g., from returned samples) is available about how the system of space weathering affects Mercury’s regolith, we use as a basis for comparison the current understanding of these same processes on lunar and asteroidal regoliths as well as laboratory simulations. These comparisons suggest that Mercury’s regolith is overturned more frequently (though the characteristic surface time for a grain is unknown even relative to the lunar case), more than an order of magnitude more melt and vapor per unit time and unit area is produced by impact processes than on the Moon (creating a higher glass content via grain coatings and agglutinates), the degree of surface irradiation is comparable to or greater than that on the Moon, and photon irradiation is up to an order of magnitude greater (creating amorphous grain rims, chemically reducing the upper layers of grains to produce nanometer-scale particles of metallic iron, and depleting surface grains in volatile elements and alkali metals). The processes that chemically reduce the surface and produce nanometer-scale particles on Mercury are suggested to be more effective than similar processes on the Moon. Estimated abundances of nanometer-scale particles can account for Mercury’s dark surface relative to that of the Moon without requiring macroscopic grains of opaque minerals. The presence of nanometer-scale particles may also account for Mercury’s relatively featureless visible–near-infrared reflectance spectra. Characteristics of material returned from asteroid 25143 Itokawa demonstrate that this nanometer-scale material need not be pure iron, raising the possibility that the nanometer-scale material on Mercury may have a composition different from iron metal [such as (Fe,Mg)S]. The expected depletion of volatiles and particularly alkali metals from solar-wind interaction processes are inconsistent with the detection of sodium, potassium, and sulfur within the regolith. One plausible explanation invokes a larger fine fraction (grain size <45 μm) and more radiation-damaged grains than in the lunar surface material to create a regolith that is a more efficient reservoir for these volatiles. By this view the volatile elements detected are present not only within the grain structures, but also as adsorbates within the regolith and deposits on the surfaces of the regolith grains. The comparisons with findings from the Moon and asteroids provide a basis for predicting how compositional modifications induced by space weathering have affected Mercury’s surface composition.     

KH550改性纳米晶纤维素增强三元乙丙橡胶

纳米晶纤维素(NCC)由于其独特的性能被广泛应用于聚合物中,但表面羟基限制了其在疏水性聚合物中的应用。对此本文采用3-氨基丙基三乙氧基硅烷(KH550)对NCC进行改性,以改善其与三元乙丙橡胶(EPDM)的相容性。傅里叶红外光谱仪(FTIR)、XRD测试结果表明:KH550可实现对NCC的改性,并能够保持原有晶体结构不被破坏,EPDM胶料的硫化和力学性能测试结果表明改性NCC的加入促进了胶料的硫化,在改性NCC添加量为6份时,EPDM硫化胶的综合力学性能最佳。     

TiO2-有机硅热控涂层对空间聚合材料的防护

在原子氧 (AO)地面模拟设备中对空间材料Kapton及TiO2 有机硅热控涂层进行原子氧剥蚀效应试验。用LAMBDA 9分光度计、光电子能谱 (XPS)、红外光谱 (FTIR)和扫描电镜 (SEM )研究了原子氧 (AO)对Kapton侵蚀机理及对其表面涂覆的TiO2 有机硅热控涂层的防护作用进行了表征。AO对Kapton表现了较严重的侵蚀作用 ,而所施用的TiO2 有机硅热控涂层的表面形貌则变化甚少 ,实验表明 ,该涂层对AO辐照有较强的防护效果、较好的空间稳定性和热控性能。     

Interrelation between KOSI experiments and comet nucleus sampling

In situ observations of comet Halley yielded information on the nucleus and its environment. These measurements are related to properties of and processes at the nucleus by theoretical modelling and by simulation experiments in the laboratory. The objective of the KOSI (Kometensimulation) experiments is to study in detail processes which occur near the surface of ice-dust mixtures under irradiation by light, like heat transport into the sample, chemical fractionation of sample material, emission of gases, and others. The KOSI experiments are carried out at the large space simulation chamber in Köln. By providing an in-depth understanding of potential cometary processes the results from the KOSI experiments are relevant to any comet nucleus sample return mission.     

REMS: The Environmental Sensor Suite for the Mars Science Laboratory Rover

The Rover Environmental Monitoring Station (REMS) will investigate environmental factors directly tied to current habitability at the Martian surface during the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission. Three major habitability factors are addressed by REMS: the thermal environment, ultraviolet irradiation, and water cycling. The thermal environment is determined by a mixture of processes, chief amongst these being the meteorological. Accordingly, the REMS sensors have been designed to record air and ground temperatures, pressure, relative humidity, wind speed in the horizontal and vertical directions, as well as ultraviolet radiation in different bands. These sensors are distributed over the rover in four places: two booms located on the MSL Remote Sensing Mast, the ultraviolet sensor on the rover deck, and the pressure sensor inside the rover body. Typical daily REMS observations will collect 180 minutes of data from all sensors simultaneously (arranged in 5 minute hourly samples plus 60 additional minutes taken at times to be decided during the course of the mission). REMS will add significantly to the environmental record collected by prior missions through the range of simultaneous observations including water vapor; the ability to take measurements routinely through the night; the intended minimum of one Martian year of observations; and the first measurement of surface UV irradiation. In this paper, we describe the scientific potential of REMS measurements and describe in detail the sensors that constitute REMS and the calibration procedures.     

Mercury’s Atmosphere: A Surface-Bounded Exosphere

The existence of a surface-bounded exosphere about Mercury was discovered through the Mariner 10 airglow and occultation experiments. Most of what is currently known or understood about this very tenuous atmosphere, however, comes from ground-based telescopic observations. It is likely that only a subset of the exospheric constituents have been identified, but their variable abundance with location, time, and space weather events demonstrate that Mercury’s exosphere is part of a complex system involving the planet’s surface, magnetosphere, and the surrounding space environment (the solar wind and interplanetary magnetic field). This paper reviews the current hypotheses and supporting observations concerning the processes that form and support the exosphere. The outstanding questions and issues regarding Mercury’s exosphere stem from our current lack of knowledge concerning the surface composition, the magnetic field behavior within the local space environment, and the character of the local space environment.     

高温耐辐照声发射传感器

研制了一种新的耐高温抗辐照声发射传感器,并讨论了传感器制作工艺上的特点和优点。在经受400℃和2.4×10~6GYγ辐照的考验后,传感器仍保持性能稳定。