ASTM E1997-99(2003)e1
Historical Standard: ASTM E1997-99(2003)e1 Standard Practice for the Selection of Spacecraft Materials
SUPERSEDED (see Active link, below)
ASTM E1997
1. Scope
1.1 The purpose of this practice is to aid engineers, designers, quality and reliability control engineers, materials specialists, and systems designers in the selection and control of materials and processes for spacecraft, external portion of manned systems, or man-tended systems. Spacecraft systems are very different from most other applications. Space environments are very different from terrestrial environments and can dramatically alter the performance and survivability of many materials. Reliability, long life, and inability to repair defective systems (or high cost and difficulty of repairs for manned applications) are characteristic of space applications. This practice also is intended to identify materials processes or applications that may result in degraded or unsatisfactory performance of systems, subsystems, or components. Examples of successful and unsuccessful materials selections and uses are given in the appendices.
2. Referenced Documents (purchase separately) The documents listed below are referenced within the subject standard but are not provided as part of the standard.
ASTM Standards
E595 Test Method for Total Mass Loss and Collected Volatile Condensable Materials from Outgassing in a Vacuum Environment
G64 Classification of Resistance to Stress-Corrosion Cracking of Heat-Treatable Aluminum Alloys
Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) Standard
MSFC-STD-3029 Guidelines to the Selection of Metallic Materials for Stress Corrosion Cracking Resistance in Sodium Chloride Environments Marshall Space Flight Center, AL 35812, or everyspec.com.Military Standards
MIL-HDBK-17 Properties of Composite MaterialsEuropean Space Agency (ESA) Standard
PSS-07/QRM-0 Guidelines for Space Materials Selection European Space Agency, 8-10, Rue Mario-Nikis, 75738 Paris Cedex, France.Keywords
applications; contamination; design; design review; materials applications; materials selection; preferred materials; problem materials; process list; processes; space applications; spacecraft materials; testing; unmanned spacecraft; Coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE); Design; Engineered aerospace materials/applications; Performance; Quality control (QC); Spacecraft materials
ICS Code
ICS Number Code 49.025.01 (Materials for aerospace construction in general)
DOI: 10.1520/E1997-99R03E01
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