Chapter 1
Sources and Generation of Surface Contaminants and Their Impact
Rajiv Kohli The Aerospace Corporation, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, USA
Abstract
Surface contaminants are ubiquitous. The most common types of contamination are particles, molecular contamination, ionic contamination, and microbial contamination. This chapter provides an overview of the sources and generation of these contaminants and discusses some of the impacts of the contaminants.
Keywords
Contaminants
Sources
Generation
Impact
Particles
Molecular contamination
Microbial contamination
Ionic contamination
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