Magazine Article

Liquid Shell Insulation

TBMG-7000

11/01/2000

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A new concept called "liquid shell insulation" has been proposed as a means of temporary thermal protection for scientific instrument probes that are required to operate for short times in hot, high-pressure environments. Liquid shell insulation was conceived to protect probes that would be dropped from spacecraft to great depths in the atmospheres of the outer planets. For example, at a depth of 1,000 km on Jupiter, a probe would have to withstand a pressure of about 4,000 Earth atmospheres (≈0.4 GPa) and a temperature of about 1,800 K. On Earth, liquid shell insulation might be useful for protecting probes that would be inserted in undersea volcanic vents or deep oil wells.

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"Liquid Shell Insulation," Mobility Engineering, November 1, 2000.
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Nov 1, 2000
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TBMG-7000
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English