Eureka, it's Kapton! Finally...I thought I'd go nutz...

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Mike Flugennock - 24 May 2004 02:44 GMT

Kapton!

Eureka, it's Kapton!

Thanks, OM; I found the answer by browsing your Apollo 17 CM foto gallery.
I remembered that _somewhere_ in there you mentioned that stuff by name by
way of discussing the effects of re-entry.

I knew it was Mylar-based, but different from Mylar; I knew the name for
years but for some reason it got away from me. At long last, Kapton. (%^>

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OM - 24 May 2004 06:01 GMT

>Kapton!
>
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>I knew it was Mylar-based, but different from Mylar; I knew the name for
>years but for some reason it got away from me. At long last, Kapton. (%^>

...One of these days, I'll manage to get a sample of that stuff as it
was plastered on the CM and get some hi-res photos of it. Maybe if JSC
finally gets their act together and hires some additional, *competent*
security and holds another Open House. All the other centers are open
again, why not JSC?

OM

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LooseChanj - 24 May 2004 14:12 GMT

> All the other centers are open
> again, why not JSC?

They're not in Texas. :-P

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Gene DiGennaro - 24 May 2004 14:33 GMT

> >Kapton!
> >
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> OM

While I don't have any of the aluminized kapton used on the CM, I can
get samples of the amber colored stuff. It's an interesting material,
we have it all over the place in our lab. In a previous job, we
sputter metallized a Peltier cooler( the opposite of a Seebeck RTG)
onto kapton to make a flexible cooling strip. It's also very heat
resistant. This was important as the cool side of the Peltier system
gets cold, the hot junction gets very hot. If you want a sample of the
amber colored stuff, I can take the pics or snail mail you a sample to
photograph yourself.

Gene DiGennaro
Baltimore, Md.

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Scott Hedrick - 24 May 2004 19:55 GMT

> ...One of these days, I'll manage to get a sample of that stuff as it
> was plastered on the CM and get some hi-res photos of it.

Somewhere in storage I have a Time-Life book on chemistry which shows a
kitten on a sheet of Kapton, with a blowtorch underneath. The kitten looks
annoyed, but unharmed. Until it extends a claw and punctures the Kapton :)

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Rusty Barton - 25 May 2004 08:59 GMT

>> ...One of these days, I'll manage to get a sample of that stuff as it
>> was plastered on the CM and get some hi-res photos of it.
>
>Somewhere in storage I have a Time-Life book on chemistry which shows a
>kitten on a sheet of Kapton, with a blowtorch underneath. The kitten looks
>annoyed, but unharmed. Until it extends a claw and punctures the Kapton :)

Another space related use is Kapton Kirk, the Teflon commander whose
acting is also synthetic.

;-}

- Rusty Barton

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Pat Flannery - 25 May 2004 18:03 GMT

>Another space related use is Kapton Kirk, the Teflon commander whose
>acting is also synthetic.

The hook pulls Rusty offstage just in time to avoid hail of Tang, Blood
Wine, and Romulan Ale bottles... :-D

Pat

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