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Spacecraft materials are subjected to the various components of the space environment (ultraviolet radiation, electron and proton fluxes, vacuum and residual atmospheric species, thermal cycling...). They can be degraded severely in space: changes in thermo-optical properties, decrease of mechanical performance (cracking, delamination, variation of thermal expansion...), etc. The total mission times are expanding, currently exceeding ten years, thus requiring prediction of the long-term performance of materials. The understanding of basic radiation damage processes is essential in order to enable one to select the simulation techniques to be used for that purpose. Damage mechanisms for polymeric materials, paints, and optical surfaces is summarized. Some important concerns for establishing effective and valid accelerated irradiation test procedures are addressed: does rate, equivalence of effects, recoveries... Special attention is paid to some synergistic effects possible in space conditions: a few examples of synergy between UV and ionizing particles, contamination and radiation, radiation and thermal cycling are presented. Some results of accelerated testing on materials employing combined exposure conditions are also given for organic and inorganic base paints, polymeric films, and composite materials.
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Paillous, A. (1993). Radiation Damage to Surface and Structure Materials. In: DeWitt, R.N., Duston, D., Hyder, A.K. (eds) The Behavior of Systems in the Space Environment. NATO ASI Series, vol 245. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2048-7_17
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