SBIR/STTR Research Award
SPECIALIZED CONDUCTIVE BOUNDARIES
Award amount
$49,602Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1985Award 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
TO EXTEND THE ELECTROMAGNETIC SHIELDING EFFECTIVENESS DATA TO AN UPPER LIMIT OF 2 GHZ, WOVEN AND BRAIDED FIBERS WHICH HAVE BEEN MADE CONDUCTIVE WILL BE DEVELOPED AND TESTED. FABRICS WILL BE MADE FROM SUCH MATERIALS AS KEVLAR, FIBERGLASS, DACRON, GRAPHITE, AND HYBRIDS OF THESE MATERIALS. METAL COATINGS WILL CONSIST OF COPPER WITH A NICKEL OVERCOAT TO PROTECT AGAINST OXIDATION. WOVEN FABRIC WILL BE TESTED TO DETERMINE THE MOST EFFECTIVE COMBINATION OF FIBER AND METAL THICKNESS. FINALLY, A PILOT PRODUCTION QUANTITY OF THE SELECTED MATERIAL WILL BE PRODUCED.
Technology keywords
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