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Durability of Polymers in the Space Environment [pdf] (nasa.gov)
23 points by luu 10 months ago | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments



Found this to work, for now: https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20190025446

Some years ago I did some research on the use of foils to make lab-on-a-chip devices. To makes some experiments work (i.e. like FISH [0]), one needs formamide (although there are alternatives). Kapton [1] turned out to be one of the very few polymers to be able to withstand it, and also ethanol. I found out is was used for solar sails as well [2] (as original PDF, url is not working atm).

If we can read the article again, I bet it will come up.

[0] https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/tests-and-scan...

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapton

[2] https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20200002699


teflon works too, but has other disadvantages. i think a lot of people just cop out and use silica?




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