SBIR/STTR Research Award
A HIGH PEFORMANCE MARINE TIMBER PROTECTION SYSTEM
Award amount
$50,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1991Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Science Foundation
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Cape Cod Research
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
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- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
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Research abstract
A NOVEL COMPOSITE MATERIAL IS PROPOSED WHICH PROMISES TO SIGNIFICANTLY ADVANCE THE STATE OF THE ART FOR PROTECTING WOODEN STRUCTURES FROM THE RAVAGES OF MARINE BORERS, AS WELLAS FOULING ORGANISMS IN GENERAL. THE NEW SYSTEM WILL PROVIDE FOR A SIGNIFICANTLY STRENGTHENED COVALENT BONDING BETWEEN THE CELLULOSIC WOODEN SUBSTRATE AND A TOUGH, POLYMERIC PROTECTANT LAYER. THE PROPOSED TECHNOLOGY IS ALSOATTRACTIVE SINCE IT INVOLVES ONLY ENVIRONMENTALLY COMPATIBLECOMPONENTS, AND WILL BE EASY TO APPLY.
Technology keywords
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