SBIR/STTR Research Award
Improved Aluminum Cleaning Method to Prevent Copper Enrichment
Award amount
$100,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2005Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- TDA RESEARCH, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2005-01-21
- Contract end date
- 2006-01-21
- UEI
- MK5ANJVWVZK7
- Solicitation number
- 2004.3
- Topic code
- OSD04-C16
Research abstract
Since pure aluminum is soft and has only moderate strength, aluminum alloys are used for aerospace and other structural applications. However, the copper in these alloys significantly reduces the corrosion resistance of the aluminum. The standard pretreatment used to clean aluminum alloys before painting or coating enriches the surface of the aluminum with copper, creating sites for corrosion. An ideal aluminum cleaning procedure would degrease and deoxide the surface without dealloying the copper and allowing it to redeposit on the surface. In this Phase I proposal TDA will develop an additive for surface pretreatment cleaners that prevents copper enrichment during pretreatment of high strength aluminum alloys.
Technology keywords
Not reported
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Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Advanced Aluminum Alloy Cleaning Methods for Improved Corrosion Resistance
- Improved Aluminum Cleaning Method to Prevent Copper Enrichment
- New Corrosion Inhibiting Cleaning System for Aluminum Alloys
- Cleaning Solutions That Improve Corrosion Resistance of Aluminum Alloys
- Advanced Aluminum Alloy Cleaning Methods for Improved Corrosion Resistance
Research funding history
951 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1988–2026). Reported award amounts total $317,960,224. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Environmental Protection Agency, National Science Foundation, Department of Health and Human Services