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Catalog of infrared and cryo-optical properties for selected materials

This report will describe the status of an effort to catalog the refractive index, absorption, reflectance and transmittance of selected IR transmitting materials over the wavelength range from 1 to 1000 microns, and at temperatures from 300 to about 2 K. Data are presented for LiF, CaF2, BaF2, KBr, and TlBr, as well as for KRS-5 (TlBr-I) and KRS-6 (TlBr-Cl). A cryooptical measurements facility at NASA-Goddard, which has been used to generate some of the cataloged data, is also described.

Heaney, James B.↗

Survey of material for an infrared-opaque coating

More than 40 reflectance spectra in the range from 20 to 500 microns have been obtained of a variety of coatings, binders, and additives to identify promising components of an infrared-opaque coating for the Space Infrared Telescope Facility. Certain combinations of materials showed a specular reflectance below 0.1 throughout the spectral range measured. In addition to estimating the optical constants of several combination coatings, this survey also supports three qualitative conclusions: (1) promising 'off-the-shelf' binders of different additives are Chemglaze Z-306, ECP-2200, and De Soto Black; (2) carbon black is very effective reducing far-infrared reflectance; and (3) the far-infrared reflectance from coatings containing 80 SiC grit is consistently lower than that from similar coatings containing TlBr powder.

Smith, Sheldon M.↗

Volatile Element Geochemistry in the Lower Atmosphere of Venus

We computed equilibrium abundances of volatile element compounds as a function of altitude in Venus lower atmosphere. The elements included are generally found in volcanic gases and sublimates on Earth and may be emitted in volcanic gases on Venus or volatilized from its hot surface. We predict: 1) PbS, Bi2S3, or possibly a Pb-Bi sulfosalt are the radar bright heavy metal frost in the Venusian highlands; 2) It should be possible to determine Venus' age by Pb-Pb dating of PbS condensed in the Venusian highlands, which should be a representative sample of Venusian lead; 3) The gases HBr, PbCl2, PbBr2, As4O6, As4S4, Sb4O6, BiSe, InBr, InCl, Hg, TlCl, TlBr, SeS, Se2-7, HI, I, I2, ZnCl2, and S2O have abundances greater than 0.1 ppbv in our nominal model and may be spectroscopically observable; 4) Cu, Ag, Au, Zn, Cd, Ge, and Sn are approx. 100 % condensed at the 740 K (0 km) level on Venus.

Schaefer, L.↗