SBIR/STTR Research Award
SONIC FABRICATION OF PARTICULATE METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES
Award amount
$200,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1984Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- Material Concepts Inc
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
A METHODOLOGY IS PRESENTED WHICH WILL ESTABLISH THE FEASIBILITY OF DISPERSING PARTICULATE REINFORCEMENT IN ALUMINUM MATRICES TO FORM COMPOSITE MATERIAL. THE METHOD TO BE EMPLOYED IS UNIQUE IN THAT IT UTILIZES LIQUID ALUMINUM, RATHER THAN POWDER METALLURGY DISPERSAL TECHNIQUES, AND IS THUS POTENTIALLY MUCH MORE ECONOMICAL THAN CURRENT METHODS. EVALUTION OF COMPOSISTES PRODUCED BY THIS METHOD WILL UNDERTAKEN AS A GUIDE TO FUTURE DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS IN THIS AREA.
Technology keywords
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