Separation of contaminant species by TGA/MS in European and U.S. approaches to outgassing

David Lansade; Jean-François Roussel; John M. Alred; Anthony T. Wong; John R. Anderson; Carlos E. Soares; Delphine Faye; Guillaume Rioland

doi:10.1117/12.2634565

3 October 2022 Separation of contaminant species by TGA/MS in European and U.S. approaches to outgassing

David Lansade, Jean-François Roussel, John M. Alred, Anthony T. Wong, John R. Anderson, Carlos E. Soares, Delphine Faye, Guillaume Rioland

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Proceedings Volume 12224, Space Systems Contamination: Prediction, Control, and Performance 2022; 122240M (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2634565
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2022, San Diego, California, United States

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Well-established procedures for the characterization of contamination during outgassing usually involve total mass measurements through quartz crystal microbalance (QCM). Recently, the addition of mass spectrometry (MS) measurements to these data has become more common. The combination of both high sensitivity QCM and MS data may lead to a better understanding of the physics taking place during outgassing contamination processes. The way to do so is to complement the basic measurements of total mass loss on QCMs by the identification of each species and the quantitative determination of each species contribution. In a first characterization step, the thermogravimetric analysis of contaminants deposited on QCMs allows a partial species separation that helps exploiting mass spectrometry data. In return, these data permit a finer species separation. The key to these measurements is to obtain sufficient signal to noise ratio in the mass spectrometer. Though outgassing of space materials is not done the same way in Europe (multi-temperature steps, ECSS-Q-TM-70-52A) and in the US (isothermal, ASTM E-1559-09), both tests could be used to perform a first species separation, as reported here. Most species outgassed by a few common materials were identified (and quantified) through TGA and MS coupling. As reported in a companion paper, the knowledge of these species’ spectra then allows the analysis of the MS data during the initial outgassing phase, determining the quantitative outgassing of each species and leading to the improved comprehension of the physical laws ruling outgassing.

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David Lansade, Jean-François Roussel, John M. Alred, Anthony T. Wong, John R. Anderson, Carlos E. Soares, Delphine Faye, and Guillaume Rioland "Separation of contaminant species by TGA/MS in European and U.S. approaches to outgassing", Proc. SPIE 12224, Space Systems Contamination: Prediction, Control, and Performance 2022, 122240M (3 October 2022); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2634565

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