%0 Journal Article
%T On the Porosity of Cu Coatings Formed in Earth-Based and Space Conditions
%A Leonid Skatkov
%A Petr Cheremskoy
%A Valeriy Gomozov
%A Boris Bayrachny
%A Gennadiy Tulskiy
%A Svetlana Deribo
%J Coatings
%D 2012
%I MDPI AG
%R 10.3390/coatings2040235
%X This work surveys the structure, substructure and submicroporosity of Cu metal coatings following condensation both under the conditions of space flight of orbital stations (OS) and under Earth-based conditions. Small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and the method of Ar low-temperature desorption were used for investigation. It has been shown that the condensates deposited in space contain less and relatively equiaxial submicropores (SMPs) distributed more homogeneously than Earth-based disperse films.
%K open space
%K submicropore
%K Cu
%K SAXS
%U http://www.mdpi.com/2079-6412/2/4/235