aluminized plastic
1Metallic fiber — Metallic fibers are manufactured fibers composed of metal, plastic coated metal, metal coated plastic, or a core completely covered by metal[1]. Gold and silver have been used since ancient times as yarns for fabric decoration. More recently,… …
2Extreme environment clothing — normally refers to clothing for Arctic or mountainous areas on land, although it is sometimes used for survival suits worn by mariners. The basic approach is to insulate one s body from heat loss, and keep liquid water or ice out of the… …
3solar sail — noun Date: 1958 a propulsive device for a spacecraft that consists of a flat material (as aluminized plastic) designed to receive thrust from solar radiation pressure …
4Lighter than air — Some gases are buoyant in air because they have densities lower than that of air (about 1.2 kg/m3, 1.2 g/l). Lighter than air gases are used to fill craft called aerostats, which include free balloons, moored balloons, and airships, to make the… …
5Lifting gas — A lifting gas is required for aerostats to create buoyancy. Its density is lower than that of air (about 1.2 kg/m3, 1.2 g/l). Ammonia Ammonia is sometimes used to fill weather balloons. Due to its relatively high boiling point (compared to helium …
6solar sail — noun : a propulsive device that consists of a flat material (as aluminized plastic) designed to receive thrust from solar radiation pressure and that can be attached to a spacecraft * * * Aerospace. a design concept for spacecraft propulsion… …
7Solar sail — Solar sails (also called light sails or photon sails, especially when they use light sources other than the Sun) are a proposed form of spacecraft propulsion using large membrane mirrors. Radiation pressure is about 10 5 Pa at Earth s distance… …
8PET film (biaxially oriented) — Biaxially oriented polyethylene terephthalate (boPET) polyester film is used for its high tensile strength, chemical and dimensional stability, transparency, reflective, gas and aroma barrier properties and electrical insulation.A variety of… …
9BoPET — metallized boPET film, 32 layers of 15 µm thickness each BoPET (Biaxially oriented polyethylene terephthalate) is a polyester film made from stretched polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and is used for its high tensile strength, chemical and… …
10Incandescent light bulb — The incandescent light bulb, incandescent lamp or incandescent light globe is a source of electric light that works by incandescence, (a general term for heat driven light emissions which includes the simple case of black body radiation). An… …
