SBIR/STTR Research Award
DESENSITIZING CARBONACEOUS ADSORBENTS TO THE EFFECTS OF HUMIDITY
Award amount
$371,032Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1989Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- SYMBIOTECH, INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THIS PROJECT WILL DEVELOP TREATMENTS TO REMOVE AND MODIFY SURFACE OXYGEN COMPOUNDS ON CARBON WHICH BIND WATER, THEREBY INTERFERING WITH THE ADSORPTION OF WEAKLY ADSORBING SUBSTANCES. ADSORBENT CARBONS AND ASC WHETLERITES WILL BE PREPARED AND TREATED BY VARIOUS METHODS TO RENDER THEM HYDROPHOBIC. THEY WILL THEN BE TESTED AS TO THE INFLUENCE OF HUMIDITY ON ADSORPTION IN FLOW APPARATUS BY OBSERVING BREAKTHROUGH PHENOMENA FOR FIXED BEDS OF SORBENT MATERIAL AND USING VARIOUS ORGANIC COMPOUNDS AS MODELS FOR TOXIC SORBATES. THE BET SURFACE AREAS AND WATER-SORPTION CAPACITIES OF THE VARIOUS SORBENTS WILL ALSO BE MEASURED. SPECIAL PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH WATER ADSORPTION BY THE POLAR METAL COMPOUNDS IMPREGNATED INTO ASC WHETLERITES WILL ALSO BE ADDRESSED.
Technology keywords
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