ISS
International Space Station
The orbiting laboratory where some of these materials were tested.
Where it appears
- Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene
- Poly(allyl diglycol carbonate), ADC (CR-39)
- Amorphous fluoropolymer (Teflon AF)
- Alumina
- Aluminium alloy 2219
- Aluminium alloy 5052
- Aluminium alloy 6061
- Aluminium alloy 7075-T6
- Aluminium alloy 7050
- Aluminium nitride
- Aluminium
- Aluminosilicate glass
- Antimonial lead
- Arsenic
- Anodized aluminium
- Antimony
- Beryllium oxide
- Beryllium
- Bismuth telluride (with antimony telluride)
- Boron carbide
- Bismuth
- Borosilicate glass
- Cellulose acetate
- Cadmium
- Cadmium selenide (infrared optical crystal)
- Caesium iodide (CsI), with thallium and sodium doped scintillator grades
- Caesium
- Calcium titanate
- Calcium fluoride (single-crystal CaF2, fluorite)
- Calcium
- Cellulose acetate (CA) and cellulose acetate butyrate (CAB), cellulose esters for films, fibres, moulded parts and coatings
- Refractory ceramic fibre insulation (alumina-silica)
- Cerium(IV) oxide
- Carbon-fibre reinforced epoxy (CFRP)
- Chromium diboride
- Chromium nitride
- Chromium
- Cobalt oxide
- Cobalt
- Constantan
- Cyclic olefin copolymer
- Copper oxides (cupric oxide and cuprous oxide)
- Copper
- Polychlorotrifluoroethylene
- Cupronickel 70/30
- Dysprosium
- Ethylene-chlorotrifluoroethylene
- Silicon electrical steel
- Epoxy (epoxide)
- Erbium
- Ethylene-tetrafluoroethylene copolymer
- Europium
- Fluorinated ethylene propylene
- Ferroalloys (steelmaking master alloys)
- FR-4 glass-fibre epoxy laminate
- Fused silica
- Gadolinium
- Gallium arsenide
- Technical gemstone minerals (beryl, opal, turquoise, feldspar, olivine)
- Gilding metal 95/5
- Germanium
- Gold
- Graphite
- Gray cast iron (flake graphite iron)
- Hafnium
- Hastelloy B-3
- Hastelloy C-276
- Hastelloy X
- Haynes 230
- High-density polyethylene
- Holmium
- Incoloy 800
- Inconel 600
- Inconel 601
- Inconel 625
- Inconel X-750
- Indium
- Inconel 718
- Iridium
- Kevlar para-aramid fibre
- Iron oxide
- Kovar
- Lanthanum hexaboride
- Liquid crystal polymer
- Lanthanum
- Lead alloys other than antimonial lead (Pb-Sn-Ag, Pb-Sn-Sb, Pb-Bi, Pb-Se)
- Lead zirconate titanate
- Lead
- Lithium fluoride (single-crystal LiF)
- Lithium hexafluorophosphate
- Lithium iron phosphate
- Lithium cobalt oxide
- Lithium manganese oxide (spinel), with the high-voltage nickel variant LNMO
- Lithium metal
- Lutetium
- Macor
- Magnesium alloy AZ31B
- Magnesium alloy EV31A (Elektron 21)
- Magnesium (pure metal)
- Molybdenum disilicide
- Molybdenum disulfide
- Monel 400
- Monel K-500
- Lithium nickel cobalt aluminium oxide
- Neodymium
- Nichrome
- Nickel-beryllium alloy 360 (UNS N03360)
- Nickel oxide
- Nickel
- Nickel silver C75200
- Nimonic 90
- Nitinol
- Nitronic 60 stainless steel
- Lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxide
- Nomex meta-aramid fibre and fabric
- Osmium
- Polyamide 6 (nylon 6)
- Polyamide-imide
- Palladium-silver alloys
- Polyamide 46 (nylon 46)
- Polyacrylonitrile
- Palladium
- Polybenzimidazole
- Polyamide 66 (nylon 66)
- Poly(p-phenylene-2,6-benzobisoxazole) fibre (Zylon)
- Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), Sylgard 184 and silicone elastomer
- Polyetheretherketone
- Polybutylene terephthalate (PBT)
- Polyetherimide
- Polyetherketoneketone
- Polyethylene oxide
- Permendur (Hiperco 50)
- Polyethersulfone
- Polyethylene terephthalate (PET), including biaxially oriented film (Mylar)
- Perfluoroalkoxy alkane
- Pyrolytic graphite
- Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB), poly(3-hydroxybutyrate), with the PHB/PHV copolymer (PHBV) for comparison
- Phenolic resin (phenol-formaldehyde; Bakelite and phenolic laminates)
- Colorless polyimide CP1 film
- Kapton H polyimide film
- Kapton HN polyimide film
- High temperature polyimide resin (PMR-15)
- Upilex-S polyimide film (BPDA)
- Platinum-iridium alloy
- Platinum-rhodium alloys
- Platinum-tungsten and platinum-copper alloys
- Poly(methyl methacrylate)
- Platinum
- Polycarbonate (bisphenol-A)
- Aliphatic polyketone (PK, POKETONE, AKROTEK PK)
- Polypropylene
- Polyoxymethylene (acetal), POM
- Potassium metal and NaK eutectic
- Polyphenylene sulfide
- Polyphthalamide
- Propylene carbonate
- Praseodymium
- General-purpose polystyrene (GPPS) and high-impact polystyrene (HIPS)
- Polysulfone
- Polytetrafluoroethylene
- Polyurethane
- Polyvinyl chloride
- Polyvinylidene fluoride
- Polyvinyl fluoride (clear Tedlar)
- Crystalline polyvinyl fluoride with white pigment
- Pyrophyllite
- Rare-earth sesquioxides (family)
- Rhenium
- Rhodium
- Ruthenium
- Samarium
- Sapphire (single-crystal alpha-alumina)
- Scandium
- Selenium
- Shapal
- Silicon-germanium alloy
- Silicon nitride
- Low-outgassing silicone RTV (DOWSIL 93-500 space-grade encapsulant)
- Silver
- Samarium-cobalt sintered magnet alloy
- Soda-lime glass
- SAC305 solder (Sn-3.0Ag-0.5Cu)
- 17-4 PH stainless steel
- Duplex stainless steel 2205
- AISI 302 stainless steel (UNS S30200, EN 1.4310)
- Stainless steel 310S
- AISI 321 stainless steel (UNS S32100, EN 1.4541)
- AISI 317L stainless steel
- Stainless steel 316
- Stainless steel 410
- Stainless steel 420
- Stainless steel 431
- Stainless steel 430
- Stainless steel 440C
- Stainless steel 304
- Martensitic stainless steel 13Cr-4Ni (UNS S41500)
- Carbon steel 1018
- Steatite
- Carbon steel 1215
- Alloy steel AISI 4130 (chromium-molybdenum)
- Alloy steel AISI 4140 (chromium-molybdenum)
- Alloy steel AISI 4340 (nickel-chromium-molybdenum)
- ASTM A36 structural carbon steel
- Tantalum carbide
- Tantalum
- Tellurium
- Terbium
- Thulium
- Titanium alloy Ti-6Al-4V (Grade 5)
- Tin(IV) oxide and indium tin oxide
- Tin-zinc (Sn91Zn9 eutectic) and tin-bismuth (Sn42Bi58) low-temperature solders
- Tin
- Titanium diboride
- Titanium dioxide
- Titanium Grade 9, Ti-3Al-2.5V (UNS R56320)
- Titanium hydride
- Titanium nitride
- 1.2316 stainless plastic mould steel (EN 1.2316, printed name X38CrMo16)
- AISI A2 air-hardening cold-work tool steel (EN 1.2363, X100CrMoV5)
- P20 plastic mould steel (AISI P20, UNS T51620, EN 1.2311)
- AISI D2 cold-work tool steel (EN 1.2379, X153CrMoV12)
- Tungsten-copper
- Tungsten trioxide
- Tungsten
- Ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene
- TZM molybdenum alloy
- Vanadium pentoxide
- Vanadium
- Ytterbium
- Yttrium
- Yttrium oxide
- Zinc oxide
- Zinc selenide (polycrystalline optical material)
- Zinc sulphide (CVD multispectral and IR grades)
- Magnesia-stabilised zirconia and other zirconia grades
- Zirconium alloys (Zircaloy, ZIRLO, Zr-2.5Nb, Zr-Al)
- Zirconium carbide
- Yttria-stabilised zirconia
- Zirconium and Zircaloy
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