Main properties
Product portfolio
Available areal weight | Binders* | Typical thichness | Available width | |||
Epoxy | Styrene Acrylic | PVA | Polyimide | |||
10 g/m2 | ● | ● | ● | ● | 90 µm | Up to 1.6m |
15 g/m2 | ● | ● | ● | 130 µm | Up to 1.6m | |
25 g/m2 | ● | ● | ● | ● | 220 µm | Up to 1.6m |
50 g/m2 | ● | ● | ● | 450 µm | Up to 1.6m |
*Binder percentage <10%
Product properties
Typical tensile strenght:
Average measurement on 5 replica of 25g/m² veils
At room temperature | At 250°C | |
N/5cm | N/5cm | |
25 g/m2 Epoxy | 119 | 23 |
25 g/m2 Styrene Acrylic | 107 | 11 |
25 g/m2 Polyimide | 183 | 87 |
Thermal conductivity:
Data for 25g/m² veil (Epoxy binder) at an apparent density of 54kg/m3 (material was stack with no compression applied) according to hot guarded plate method (Internal data)
Temperature |
118°C |
212°C |
312°C |
413°C |
513°C |
613°C |
Thermal conductivity mW/m/K |
59 | 77 | 105 | 140 | 184 |
241 |
Thermal vacuum outgassing:
Test for the screening of space materials (ECSS-Q-70-02)
Material tested |
TML (%) |
RML (%) |
WMR (%) |
CVCM (%) |
Acceptance limit achieved* |
Veil 10gsm Epoxy |
0.15 | 0.09 | 0.06 | 0.01 | YES |
Veil 25gsm Epoxy |
0.20 | 0.15 | 0.04 | 0.00 | YES |
Veil 10gsm PVA |
0.66 | 0.17 | 0.50 | 0.00 | YES |
Veil 25gsm Polyimide |
0.10 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.00 | YES |
TML: Total Mass Loss, including water vapor
RML: Recovered Mass Loss, mass loss without water vapor
WVR: Water Vapor Regained
CVCM: Collected Volatile Condensable Material, i.e. mass condensed on a cold-collector plate
*defined according to ECSS-Q-70-02
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