- Author
- Supkis, D. E.
- Title
- Description and Applications of Fluorel L-3203-6. NASA General Working Paper.
- Coporate
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Houston, TX
- Report
- MSC-01275, Janury 1970, 38 p.
- Keywords
- fluorel | additives | pigments | asbestos | primers (coatings) | flammability | physical properties | oxygen atmosphere
- Abstract
- The manned space-flight program has witnessed countless new equipment and materials developments to meet the needs of a relatively new technology. One of the primary needs, as made evident by the Spacecraft 204 fire at Cape Kennedy, was for new nonflammable materials to be used in the 100-percent-oxygen atmosphere of spacecraft. These materials were required for replacement of flammable rubber components such as boot soles, belts, and hoses, for replacement of flammable plastics, for use as nonflammable coating materials for flammable substrates, and for use as adhesives to replace cements currently used in spacecraft. In addition to being nonflammable, new materials had to meet minimum requirements for toxicity, odor, total organics, and flash and fire points.