SBIR/STTR Research Award
Define/Demonstrate Non-hazardous or Less Hazardous Beryllium (Be) Material for Defense Applications
Award amount
$99,913Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2004Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Missile Defense Agency
- Recipient company
- k Technology Corporation
- Proposal award date
- 2004-05-14
- Contract end date
- 2005-05-18
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- 2004.1
- Topic code
- MDA04-059
Research abstract
The objective of this Phase I SBIR proposal is to identify and test a set of materials that can substitute for beryllium in specific air and space-borne applications. Beryllium's combination of properties, including high stiffness, low density, high thermal conductivity and heat capacity, make it unique among structural materials, but its toxicity and cost make it very unattractive to use. In may critical applications, such as mirror and electronic substrates, new emerging materials will be shown to be viable replacements for beryllium and its alloys. k Technology will test and evaluate these new materials.
Technology keywords
Not reported
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