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SURFACTANTS FOR EMULSIFICATION OF INTERMOLECULAR EXPLOSIVES

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Air Force
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 8387
Amount: $49,004.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1988
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
2200c Smith Barry
Arlington, TX 76013
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 DAVID BURNETT
 (817) 861-2699
Business Contact
Phone: () -
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

BURNETT RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC. PROPOSES TO IDENTIFY AND DEVELOP NEW SURFACTANTS CAPABLE OF EMULSIFYING MOLTEN INTERMOLECULAR EXPLOSIVES (IME'S). TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, WE HAVE FORMED A TEAM OF EXPERTS SKILLED IN THE ART AND SCIENCE OF COLLOIDS AND SURFACE CHEMISTRY. MEMBERS OF THIS TEAM ARE RECOGNIZED EXPERTS IN THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY. CONTROLLING SOLID/LIQUID DISPERSIONS AND LIQUID/LIQUID EMULSIONS FLUIDS HAVE BEEN PROBLEMS FACED BY THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY IN TWO PARTICULAR AREAS. FACED WITH PROBLEMS SIMILAR TO THOSE WHO FORMULATE IME'S, PETROLEUM INDUSTRIES SPECIALISTS HAVE DEVELOPED NEW SURFACTANT AND FORMULATION TECHNOLOGY IN DRILLING FLUIDS AND IN OIL RECOVERY PROCESSES. THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY CAN BE TRANSFERRED TO THE SPECIFIC PROBLEMS FACING THOSE WHO DEVELOP IMES. FROM THEIR ESTABLISHED BACKGROUND IN EMULSIONS AND DISPERSIONS TECHNOLOGY, OUR TEAM WILL SEEK TO APPLY THIS KNOWLEDGE TO THE IDENTIFICATION OF NEW SURFACTANTS FUNCTIONAL IN INTERMOLECULAR EXPLOSIVES.

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