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% 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. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Form: [alpha, epsilon, ratio] = HeatShieldCoating( name ) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ Inputs ------ name (1,:) Name ------- Outputs ------- alpha (1,1) Absorptivity epsilon (1,1) Emissivity ratio (1,1) alpha/epsilon -------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: Van Vliet, R. M., Passive Temperature Control in the Space Environment, MacMillan, 1965, p. 108. --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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