論文

査読有り
2015年5月21日

Silica Aerogel for Capturing Intact Interplanetary Dust Particles for the Tanpopo Experimwentning particles shot from a two-stage Light-gas gun into an aerogel

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  • Makoto Tabata
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  • Hajime Yano
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  • Hideyuki Kawai
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開始ページ
225
終了ページ
229
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(国際会議プロシーディングス)
出版者・発行元
Springer Science

In this paper, we report the progress in developing a silica-aerogel-based cosmic dust capture panel for use in the Tanpopo experiment on the International Space Station (ISS). Previous studies revealed that ultralow-density silica aerogel tiles, comprising two layers with densities of 0.01 and 0.03 g/cm3 developed using our production technique, were suitable for achieving the scientific objectives of the astrobiological mission. A special density configuration (i.e., box framing) aerogel with a holder was designed to construct the capture panels. Qualification tests for an engineering model of the capture panel as an instrument aboard the ISS were successful. Sixty box-framing aerogel tiles were manufactured in a contamination-controlled environment.

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