The Recovery of Pure Chromuum Metal from Hazardous Platin Sludge

Not Available Military information systems are becoming increasingly dispersed, appearing in weapon systems, satellites, and in the pockets and palms of combatants, they are perceiving the physical world closer than ever before, creating new opportunities for controlling the battlefield environment. In order to exploit these opportunities, information systems will need the ability to sense, compute, and act. This need is driving the development of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). Employing the fabrication techniques and materials of microelectronics, MEMS processes construct both electrical and mechanical components. A novel approach for a bi-stable MEMS based latching microswitch is proposed permitting the latching microrelay to be fabricated as an integral part of the microsatellite system bus architecture. This new approach will enable the bus architecture to be reconfigured in the event of hardware failures or to switch in back-up systems. The presence of many DC capable microswitches will also enable a higher degree of flexibility to be built into the multifunctional structure. This permits a more generic architecture to be fabricated and then tailored to an application when the specific hardware is mounted on the substrate. The Phase II program will demonstrate the MFS system in an MCM package.