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Surface Analysis Evaluation of Handwipe Cleaning for the Space Shuttle RSRMIn this paper we discuss the role of surface-sensitive spectroscopy (electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis, or ESCA) in the selection of solvents to replace 1,1,1-trichloroethane in handwipe cleaning of bonding surfaces on NASA's Space Shuttle Reusable Solid Rocket Motor (RSRM). Removal of common process soils from a wide variety of metallic and polymeric substrates was characterized. The cleaning efficiency was usually more dependent on the type of substrate being cleaned and the specific process soil than on the solvent used. A few substrates that are microscopically rough or porous proved to be difficult to clean with any cleaner, and some soils were very tenacious and difficult to remove from any substrate below detection limits. Overall, the work showed that a wide variety of solvents will perform at least as well as 1,1,1-trichloroethane.
Document ID
20020022842
Acquisition Source
Marshall Space Flight Center
Document Type
Preprint (Draft being sent to journal)
Authors
Lesley, Michael W. (Thiokol Propulsion Brigham City, UT United States)
Anderson, Erin L. (Thiokol Propulsion Brigham City, UT United States)
McCool, Alex
Date Acquired
September 7, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2001
Subject Category
Inorganic, Organic And Physical Chemistry
Report/Patent Number
AIAA Paper 2001-3290
Meeting Information
Meeting: 37th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference
Location: Salt Palace, UT
Country: United States
Start Date: July 8, 2001
End Date: July 11, 2001
Sponsors: American Society for Electrical Engineers, American Inst. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc., American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS8-38100
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.

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