SBIR/STTR Research Award
ADVANCED THERMAL PROTECTION MATERIALS
Award amount
$50,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1988Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- ULTRAMET
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- N8ZRMWX85NZ6
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
COMPONENTS FOR AEROPROPULSION SYSTEMS WILL REQUIRE STRUCTURAL, MINIMUM-WEIGHT, REUSABLE THERMAL PROTECTION MATERIALS. THE LIMITATIONS OF CURRENTLY AVAILABLE MATERIALSARE TEMPERATURE, THERMAL SHOCK RESISTANCE, AND FRACTURE TOUGHNESS. BY AN INNOVATIVE APPLICATION OF CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION, ULTRAMET PROPOSES TO DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITYOF FABRICATING COMPOSITE MATERIALS WHOSE ULTIMATE CAPABILITIES ARE: 1. 2200 DEGREE(") OR HIGHER OPERATING TEMPERATURES 2. OXIDATION RESISTANCE 3. INTRINSIC THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY LESS THAN 0.2 W/M.K 4. AREAL DENSITY LESS THAN 2.0 G/CM3 5. FLEXURAL STRENGTH AT ROOM TEMPERATURE OF 30,000 PSI AND AT 2200 DEGREE(C) OF 3000 PSI 6. METAL-LIKE FRACTURE TOUGHNESS AND THERMAL SHOCK RESISTANCE
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Thin, Flexible Oxidation-Resistant Coatings for 3D-Woven Carbon Fabric TPS Materials
- High-Performance Deorbit Engine with Minimal Power Requirements, Phase II
- Highly Insulating Structures for Thermal Preservation of Sample Return Mission Samples
- High-Density Scintillation Detector Materials
- Lightweight Zirconium Carbide Insulation for High Temperature Space Nuclear Propulsion Systems
Research funding history
380 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2025). Reported award amounts total $105,154,309. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, Department of Transportation, Department of Health and Human Services