SBIR/STTR Research Award
A SUBSTITUTE FOR CHROMIC ACID ETCHING OF PLASTIC FOR PLATING
Award amount
$150,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1986Award details
- Awarding agency
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- JP LABORATORIES INC
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- X1BQJEXHJ717
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
CHROMIC ACID IS USED FOR ETCHING PLASTICS FOR ELECTROPLATINGAND ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE (EMI) SHIELDING. MORE THAN A MILLION POUNDS OF CHROMIC ACID IS USED EVERY YEAR IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR ETCHING PLASTICS. HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM IS HIGHLY TOXIC. REQUIRES EXPENSIVE EQUIPMENT FOR ITS RECOVERY FROM THE WASTEWATER AND THE SLUDGE REQUIRES PR PROPER DISPOSAL. PLASTIC PLATERS ARE SEEKING A LESS HAZARDOUS AND LESS EXPENSIVE SUBSTITUTE FOR CHROMIC ACID. A NUMBER OF ETCHING SYSTEMS HAVE BEEN PROPOSED IN THE LITERATURE BUT NONE OF THEM ARE BEING USED BECAUSE OF THEIR TOXICITY, FLAMMABILITY, AND HIGH COST. A NEW SYSTEM IS P PROPOSED FOR ETCHING OF PLASTIC FOR PLATING. THE SYSTEM IS THE LEAST TOXIC POSSIBLE AND LESS EXPENSIVE THAN OTHERS.
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.
- Affordable, UV-, heat- and water-resistant radiochromic film composed of diacetylenes having chromophoric groups
- Radiation Dosimetry and Imaging Devices
- A Low Cost Self Indicating Radiation Dosimeter
- A Low Cost Self Indicating Radiation Dosimeter
- THERE IS A NEED FOR RADIOAGRAPHIC FILM FOR HIGH-ENERGY X- RAYS THAT CAN PROVIDE HIGH CONTRAST BETWEEN DIFFERENT TISSUES, SUCH AS NORMAL TISSUES AND TUMOR.
Research funding history
11 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1985–2023). Reported award amounts total $892,617. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Defense, Environmental Protection Agency, National Science Foundation, Department of Agriculture