SBIR/STTR Research Award
CONTROLLED DENSITY COMPOSITE CARBIDE STRUCTURAL CERAMICS
Award amount
$50,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1988Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Aker Industries Inc
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
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- UEI
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- Solicitation number
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- Topic code
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Research abstract
A PROPOSAL IS SUBMITTED TO DEMONSTRATE AN INEXPENSIVE PROCESS FOR PRODUCING COMPOSITE CARBIDE CERAMICS HAVING A CONTROLLED POROSITY MATRIX REINFORCED WITH CARBIDE FIBERS IN WHICH THE MATRIX PROPERTIES CAN BE TAILORED THROUGH CHEMICAL MEANS TO OPTIMIZE COMPOSITE PROPERTIES AND THEN TO MEASURE THE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF TEST SAMPLES SO PRODUCED. BASED ON THESE RESULTS, A REPRESENTATIVE STRUCTURAL COMPONENT WILL BE INJECTION MOLDED OR LAID UP TO DEMONSTRATE PROCESSABILITY, AND A COST ASSESSMENT WILL BE MADE FOR PRODUCING REPRESENTATIVE COMPONENTS BY THIS PROCESS.
Technology keywords
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