Modeling the interaction of spacecraft polymers with atomic oxygen in low orbits in the Earth's atmosphere

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Space Materials and Technologies
Shuvalov, VO, Pismennyi, MI, Tokmak, MA, 1Kulagin, SM, Riznychenko, MP
1Institute of Technical Mechanics of the NAS and SSA of Ukraine, Dnipro, Ukraine
Space Sci. & Technol. 2024, 30 ;(2):07-07
Publication Language: Ukrainian
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