SBIR/STTR Research Award
Enhancing the Technology to Process Aerospace Grade Chromium Metal with Low Non-Metallic Impurities
Award amount
$999,701Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2020Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Defense Logistics Agency
- Recipient company
- Environmental and Metallurgical Consultancy, LLC.
- Proposal award date
- 2020-05-14
- Contract end date
- 2022-05-13
- UEI
- SY3MEMF6MEV4
- Solicitation number
- 18.3
- Topic code
- DLA183-014
Research abstract
This is a proposal to investigate further the results of the phase I project. In phase one our method of purifying chromium to reduce O, N, C, S, H was successful with one of the two methods. In this phase we will continue improving successful process and investigate a new method. In phase one we were able to reduce the oxygen from 4,200 ppm to 1,100 ppm. And we have not explored at least 2 variables. Our goal is to produce a high purity chromium in which O+N+S+C+H is less than 100 ppm. Our process is not conventional. The conventional process reacts the oxygen in chromium with carbon under about 1400 °C under good vacuum. We do not use vacuum and our temperature is lower.
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.
- Production of Zr Metal by Molten Salt Electrolysis of ZrCl4
- Enhancing the Technology to Process Aerospace Grade Chromium Metal with Low Non-Metallic Impurities
Research funding history
3 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2019–2025). Reported award amounts total $1,305,411. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy