SBIR/STTR Research Award
RHENIUM THRUSTERS FOR 2480 DEGREES K CYCLIC OPERATION
Award amount
$500,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1987Award 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
CANDIDATE MATERIALS AND PROCESSES COMPATIBLE WITH RADIATIVELY COOLED THRUSTERS UTILIZING HYDROGEN/OXYGEN AND STATE-OF-THE-ART OXIDIZING PROPELLANTS AT TEMPERATURES OF ATLEAST 2480 DEGREES K AND ABLE TO WITHSTAND AT LEAST 1000 TEMPERATURE CYCLES ARE SEVERLY LIMITED. NO SINGLE MATERIAL EXISTS TODAY WHICH CAN RELIABLY MEET THESE REQUIREMENTS. ULTRAMET PROPOSES AN INNOVATIVE APPLICATION OF CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION OF A COMBINATION OF MATERIALS, SPECIFICALLYRHENIUM FOR STRENGTH AND IRIDIUM FOR OXIDATION/CORROSION RESISTANCE TOGETHER WITH A NOVEL FABRICATION TECHNIQUE WHICH WILL ASSURE RELIABILITY. IN PHASE I, ULTRAMET PROPOSES TO DETERMINE THE TEMPERATURE AND LIFE LIMITS AND DEMONSTRATE FEASIBILITY OF THE FABRICATION TECHNIQUE WITH THE END PRODUCT BEING A TESTABLE THRUSTER.
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