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Vectran™ LCP fiber at low temperature
Evaluated by ILC Dover during the design of the airbag system for the 1997 Mars Pathfinder mission, ILC reported Vectran™ increased in strength in tests at –62°C, leading to its selection for the airbag fabric and external assembly tendons.
Vectran™ HT CTE at various
temperatures
| Temperature Range | Fiber Longitudinal Direction CTE (m/m- °C x 10-6) |
|
|---|---|---|
| VECTRAN™ HT | Standard Aramid | |
| –150 to 100°C | –4.8 | –4.9 |
| 100 to 200°C | –11.6 | –5.8 |
Thermal conductivity of Vectran™ HT
| Direction | Temperature °C | Density g/cm3 |
Specific Heat J/kg-°K |
Thermal Conductivity | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W/m-°K | 10-3 cal/cm-sec-°C | |||||
| Vectran™ HT | Longitudinal | 23 | 1.4 | 1100 | 1.5 | 3.5 |
| 100 | 1.4 | 1420 | 2.0 | 4.7 | ||
| Standard Aramid | Longitudinal | 23 | 1.44 | 1230 | 2.5 | 5.9 |