Useful life of refractory glass-cloth gap filler is increased by coating it with a suspension of silicon carbide in butanol and polyethylene. Coating is applied to refractory-fiber cloth filler that seals gaps between insulating tiles on Space Shuttle orbiter. Tests showed that cloth fibers would be embrittled by extreme temperatures encountered on reentry into Earth's atmosphere and that only 25 percent of the thousands of fillers would be reusable after a mission. With coating, 85 percent of fillers would be reusable.


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    Title :

    Prolonging the Life of Refractory Fillers


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    Publication date :

    1982-11-01



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    Miscellaneous


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    English


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