ECSS-E-HB-32-20 (PART-7A), SPACE ENGINEERING: STRUCTURAL MATERIALS HANDBOOK - PART 7: THERMAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL INTEGRITY, MANUFACTURING ASPECTS, IN-ORBIT AND HEALTH MONITORING, SOFT MATERIALS, HYBRID MATERIALS AND NANOTECHNOLOGIES (20-MAR-2011)

ECSS-E-HB-32-20 (PART-7A), SPACE ENGINEERING: STRUCTURAL MATERIALS HANDBOOK - PART 7: THERMAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL INTEGRITY, MANUFACTURING ASPECTS, IN-ORBIT AND HEALTH MONITORING, SOFT MATERIALS, HYBRID MATERIALS AND NANOTECHNOLOGIES (20-MAR-2011)., The Structural materials handbook, ECSS-E-HB-32-20, is published in 8 Parts. A glossary of terms, definitions and abbreviated terms for these handbooks is contained in Part 8. The two principal issues in the behaviour of high-temperature materials are the: • physical response to thermal loads, i.e. thermal cycling and thermal shock. • physical properties, i.e. thermal conductivity and diffusivity, specific heat capacities, emissivity and surface catalyticity.