SBIR/STTR Research Award
WITH OXIDES LIKE THORIA HAS BEEN KNOWN FOR A LONG TIME.
Award amount
$52,078Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1983Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- Technical research Associates, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
WITH OXIDES LIKE THORIA HAS BEEN KNOWN FOR A LONG TIME. HOWEVER, OXIDES ARE NOT WET BY METALS, SO WHEN OXIDE DISPERSION HARDENED METALS ARE MELTED, THE DISPERSED OXIDE SEPARATES AS A SLAG AND THE ADVANTAGES OF DISPERSION HARDENING ARE LOST. IN THIS PROPOSAL, A NEW APPROACH TO OXIDE DISPERSION HARDENING IS SUGGESTED, THROUGH THE USE OF METALLOPHILIC COLLOIDAL OXIDE PARTICLES. SPECIFICALLY, A FUNDAMENTAL STUDY OF WETTING OF OXIDES BY METALS IS PROPOSED. A NEW COLLOIDAL CERAMIC WETTABLE BY METALS IS ANTICIPATED. THIS PROPOSAL SUGGESTS THE INTRODUCTION OF SUCH NEW CERAMIC PARTICLES INTO MOLTEN METALS LIKE ALUMINUM.DISPERSION HARDENED ALUMINUM ALLOYS WHICH CAN BE CASE ARE EXPECTED.
Technology keywords
Not reported