SBIR/STTR Research Award
Metal Vapor Generator for Chemical Lasers
Award amount
$48,542Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1992Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Missile Defense Agency
- Recipient company
- GENERAL SCIENCES INC
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- CSMXLC48L3V4
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
General Sciences, Inc. will use a highly exothermic solid state intermetallic reaction as a furnace powered by chemical energy which will vaporize Bismuth metal primarily to its monoatomic form. This flow of atomic vapor will be used as a fuel in combustion reactions with fluorine compounds which will form excited states of BiF(A-X) lasing in the visible part of the spectrum (blue). Proof of concept is based on the realized vapor and quantitive measurements of the Bi/Bi2 measurements. A simple portable and scaleable canister like device will be designed for Phase II construction and testing in a Laser Research Facility. In Phase II, a metal vapor generator system capable of generating large quantities of metal atoms will be developed.
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.
- MIL-STD-1901A Compliant Igniter Energetic for Solid Rocket Motors
- Multifunctional Materials for Increased Lethality Munitions
- Hyper-Velocity Projectile (HVP) Warhead Optimization for Lethality
- MIL-STD-1901A Compliant Igniter Energetics for Solid Rocket Motors
- Novel Flame Inhibiting Materials to Increase Red Phosphorus Obscurant Safety
Research funding history
92 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1985–2021). Reported award amounts total $24,168,396. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration