SBIR/STTR Research Award
ONE OF THE MECHANISMS WHICH HARDENS A MATERIAL AGAINST HEL RADIATION IS THE PRESENCE OF A SURFACE REFLECTING LAYER.
Award amount
$49,988Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1985Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- ULTRAMET
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- N8ZRMWX85NZ6
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
ONE OF THE MECHANISMS WHICH HARDENS A MATERIAL AGAINST HEL RADIATION IS THE PRESENCE OF A SURFACE REFLECTING LAYER. A PROMISING CANDIDATE IN THIS REGARD IS CARBON FELT LOADED WITH A REFRACTORY METAL OR COMPOUND WHOSE SURFACE MELTS UNDER HEL MELTS UNDER HEL RADIATION. WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY INFILTRATED CARBON FELT WITH REFRACTORY MATERIALS BY MEANS OF CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION. WE PROPOSE AN INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUE FOR ACHIEVING A UNIFORM LOADING OF TUNGSTEN CARBIDE WITHIN A LAYER OF CARBON FELT, WHICH PERFORMS THE MULTIPLE FUNCTIONS OF RIGIDIZING AND STRENGTHENING THE FELT, PROVIDING A HIGH REFLECTIVE MELT SURFACE AND HIGH HEAT CAPACITY AND MINIMIZING THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY.
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.
- Thin, Flexible Oxidation-Resistant Coatings for 3D-Woven Carbon Fabric TPS Materials
- High-Performance Deorbit Engine with Minimal Power Requirements, Phase II
- Highly Insulating Structures for Thermal Preservation of Sample Return Mission Samples
- High-Density Scintillation Detector Materials
- Lightweight Zirconium Carbide Insulation for High Temperature Space Nuclear Propulsion Systems
Research funding history
380 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2025). Reported award amounts total $105,154,309. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, Department of Transportation, Department of Health and Human Services