SBIR/STTR Research Award
CONTROL OF SURFACE ATTACK BY GALLIUM ALLOYS IN ELECTRICAL CONTACTS
Award amount
$276,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1986Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- Burton Technologies Inc
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
AN EXPERIMENTAL APPARATUS WILL BE FABRICATED FOR INSTRUMENTED OPERATION OF CURRENT COLLECTORS IN CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERES. TERNARY ALLOYS OF GALLIUM, INDIUM AND TIN WILL BE MADE AND APPLIED TO SURFACES OF THE CURRENT COLLECTORS AND SUBJECTED TO OPERATION, ACCOMPANIED BY OBSERVATION OF FRICTION, WEAR, CONTACT RESISTANCE, AND CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF THE FILM AND WEAR DEBRIS. INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED IN THE FORMULATION OF ADJACENT MATERIALS CHOICES FOR EXTENDED INVESTIGATIONS, AND ULTIMATELY FOR COLLECTOR DEVELOPMENT.
Technology keywords
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