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SAND Report: SAND78-8269, October 1978.
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Ten Styrofoam8-core mirror modules designed by McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company for the solar central receiver pilot plant to be built at Barstow, California, were fabricated and tested at Sandia Laboratories, Livermore. The purpose of the testing was to determine whether the mirror
Ten Styrofoam8-core mirror modules designed by McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company for the solar central receiver pilot plant to be built at Barstow, California, were fabricated and tested at Sandia Laboratories, Livermore. The purpose of the testing was to determine whether the mirror
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modules could survive the expected environment. The mirror modules passed the survival tests with no glass breakage and suffered only minimal damage from a thaw-freeze cycling. An apparent change in curvature of the modules was observed after thermal cycling and further testing is recommended. Show Less