SBIR/STTR Research Award
ADVANCED POWDER METALLURGY TECHNIQUES TO MANUFACTURE HIGH STRENGTH REFRACTORY METAL FIBERS
Award amount
$463,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1987Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Metadyne Inc.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR HIGH ELEVATED-TEMPERATURE STRENGTH FIBERS INCORPORATING RECENT ADVANCES IN SINTERING TECHNOLOGYAND REFRACTORY METAL ALLOY DEVELOPMENT WILL BE INVESTIGATED.A CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE SINTERING OF POWDER METALLURGY INGOTS OF NEW MOLYBDENUM AND TUNGSTEN ALLOYS UNDER A SELECTED CHEMICAL POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENT, IN CONJUCTION WITH SUBSEQUENT OPTIMIZED WIRE DRAWING PROCESS MAY PRODUCE FIBERSOF VERY HIGH-ELEVATED TEMPERATURE STRENGTH. NEW ALLOYS OF MOLYBDENUM OFFER AN OPPORTUNITY FOR WEIGHT REDUCTION AND EXCELLENT HIGH TEMPERATURE STRENGTHS.
Technology keywords
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