SBIR/STTR Research Award
OF FIRST WALL MATERIALS
Award amount
$48,739Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1985Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Energy
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- UES INC
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- FV5WK6YTN215
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THE USE OF ENERGETIC ION BEAMS TO IMPROVE THE INTEGRITY OF POTENTIAL FIRST WALL MATERIALS SUCH AS TIC, SIC, AND CX-C IS PLANNED. IN PARTICULAR, IMPROVEMENTS IN PROPERTIES SUCH AS POROSITY, ADHESION, RESISTANCE TO TO DAMAGE BY THERMAL SHOCK, AND RESISTANCE TO RADIATION DAMAGE ARE ENVISAGED, LOW ENERGY (<1KEV) ION BEAMS WILL BE USED TO DEPOSIT THE MATERIALS AS WELL AS MODIFY THEIR STRUCTURE. THIS TECHNIQUE PRODUCES MATERIAL THAT IS USUALLY MORE DENSE AND MORE ADHERENT TO THE SUBSTRATE THAN THAT PRODUCED BY CONVENTIONAL DEPOSITION TECHNIQUES. IN ADDITION, HEAVY AND LIGHT MEV ION BEAMS WILL BE USED AS A RESEARCH TOOL TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTS OF RADIATION DAMAGE ON THESE FILMS, INCLUDING ANY FURTHER IMPROVEMENT IN ADHESION. MEV ION BEAM ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES SUCH AS RUTHERFORD BACKSCATTERING AND PROTON RECOIL DETECTION WILL BE USED TO EXAMINE THE ELEMENTAL COMPOSITION, INCLUDING HYDROGEN, OF THE DEPOSITED FILMS.
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.
- AiHigh Fidelity, Library Based THz Air Toxic Monitoring System for Neighborhood-Level Surveillance
- Si3N4 Fiber (22-RD-381)
- Design, Analysis, Fabrication, and Test Firing of Non-eroding Hybrid Ceramic Nozzle Throats Using Strong and Tough TaC-Composites (22-RD-379)
- Novel Innovative UHTC and Fabrication for Solid Propulsion Pintles (22-RD-360)
- Ceramic Matrix Composites With Novel Additives For Gas Turbine Engine Applications (22-RD-363)
Research funding history
294 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2023). Reported award amounts total $73,979,003. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Contractor profile
Historical federal award activity, when published, is on that contractor profile. Matched by UEI only.