Low energy ions in the Shuttle environment - Evidence for strong ambient-contaminant interactions

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Aug 1985

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1985p%26ss...33..945h&link_type=abstract

Planetary and Space Science (ISSN 0032-0633), vol. 33, Aug. 1985, p. 945-951.

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Geophysics

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Ionic Collisions, Mass Spectroscopy, Positive Ions, Space Shuttle Orbiters, Spacecraft Contamination, Airborne Equipment, Gas-Ion Interactions, Ionic Reactions, Outgassing, Oxygen Ions, Particle Energy

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The quadrupole mass spectrometer flown by the Air Force Geophysics Laboratory on STS-4 in 1982 detected large intensities of several ions, primarily O(+), H2O(+), and H3O(+), with energies less than 1.5 eV with respect to the Shuttle Orbiter. Ion-molecule reactions and nonreactive scattering between the out-gassing neutral flux from the Orbiter surfaces and the ambient ionic species are identified as the primary source of these low energy ions.

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