HeatShieldCoating:

Path: Thermal/ThermalProperties

% Values for heat shield coatings.
   'name' is not case sensitive. All values are averages.
   If no input is entered it will return the available materials.
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   Form:
   [alpha, epsilon, ratio] = HeatShieldCoating( name )
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   Inputs
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   name        (1,:)    Name

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   Outputs
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   alpha       (1,1)    Absorptivity
   epsilon     (1,1)    Emissivity
   ratio       (1,1)    alpha/epsilon

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   References:	Van Vliet, R. M., Passive Temperature Control in the 
               Space Environment, MacMillan, 1965, p. 108. 
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