Using a temperature-controlled quartz crystal microbalance in a space equipment cleanroom to monitor molecular contamination

Details Using a temperature-controlled quartz crystal microbalance in a space equipment cleanroom to monitor molecular contamination Using a temperature-controlled quartz crystal microbalance in a space equipment cleanroom to monitor molecular contamination

Nov 1994

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In NASA. Goddard Space Flight Center, Eighteenth Space Simulation Conference: Space Mission Success Through Testing p 87-97 (SEE

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Optics

Clean Rooms, Contamination, Hubble Space Telescope, Microbalances, Mirrors, Quartz Crystals, Space Environment Simulation, Temperature Effects, Acoustic Propagation, Cameras, Gas Detectors, Installing, Optical Equipment, Outgassing, Real Time Operation, Residues

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There is a need for continuous monitoring for molecular contamination in clean rooms where spaceflight equipment is assembled, integrated, and tested to insure that contamination budgets are met. The TQCM (temperature-controlled quartz crystal microbalance) can be used to provide both a real time warning and a cumulative measurement of molecular contamination. It has advantages over the other measurement methods such as witness mirrors, NVR (non-volatile residue) plates, and gas analyzers. A comparison of the TQCM sensitivity and ease of operations is made with the other methods. The surface acoustic wave microbalance (SAW), a newly developed instrument similar to TQCM, is considered in the comparison. An example is provided of TQCM use at Goddard Space Flight Center when the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2(WFPC-2) and the Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement (COSTAR) were undergoing integrated testing prior to their installation in the Hubble Space Telescope on its first servicing mission. Areas for further investigation are presented.

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