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HIGH PRECISION THERMOSTAT [2 records]

Record 1 2003-06-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Research Experiments in Space
CONT

On its first flight EURECA was expected to achieve microgravity conditions of 5 x 10-7 9 and carried five Microgravity Multi-User Facilities : Automatic Monoellipsoid Mirror Furnace(AMP), the Exobiology and Radiation Assembly(ERA), the Multi-Furnace Assembly(MFA), the Protein Crystallization Facility(PCF), and the Solution Growth Facility(SGF). Also on board were the High Precision Thermostat(HPT) and the Surface Forces Adhesion(SPA) materials science experiments.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travaux de recherche dans l'espace

Spanish

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Record 2 2001-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Heating
  • Astronautics
CONT

The MEDEA [Materials Sciences Double Rack for Experiment Modules and Apparatus] was another facility containing two furnaces and one high precision thermostat for the investigation into critical point phenomena, directional solidification of metallic crystals, and various long-term crystallization experiments.

Key term(s)
  • high-precision thermostat

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chauffage
  • Astronautique

Spanish

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