SBIR/STTR Research Award
A CRYOGENIC DEBRIS SHIELD FOR HIGH-FLUENCE SOFT X-RAY TESTING
Award amount
$55,973Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1989Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Defense Threat Reduction Agency
- Recipient company
- BERKELEY RESEARCH ASSOC., INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
A DEBRIS SHIELD MADE FROM SOLID HYDROGEN TRANSMITS MOST OF THE SOFT X-RAYS AROUND 1 KEV PRODUCED BY A PLASMA RADIATION SOURCE. THE PROPOSAL SETS OUT TO VERIFY EXPERIMENTALLY THAT SUCH A DEBRIS SHIELD IS TECHNOLOGICALLY FEASIBLE, AND ESTIMATES THEORETICALLY THE BEHAVIOR OF THE SHIELD IN A TEST ENVIRONMENT.
Technology keywords
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