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Effects of gravity on processing heavy metal fluoride fibers

  • Dennis S. Tucker
  • , Gary L. Workman
  • , Guy A. Smith

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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.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2223-2225
Number of pages3
JournalJournal of Materials Research
Volume12
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 1997

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