LASER-BASED IN SITU CLADDING WITH SILICON NITRIDE

Award Information

Agency: Department of Defense	Branch: Navy	Award ID: 4518	Program Year/Program: 1987 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number: 4518	Solicitation Year: N/A	Solicitation Topic Code: N/A	Solicitation Number: N/A

Small Business Information: ECO ENERGY CONVERSION
(d/b/a Tracer Technologies, In Somerville, MA 02145
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Woman-Owned: No

Minority-Owned: No

HUBZone-Owned: No

Phase 2: Fiscal Year: 1987

Title: LASER-BASED IN SITU CLADDING WITH SILICON NITRIDE

Agency / Branch: DOD / NAVY

Contract: N/A

Award Amount: $395,000.00

Abstract:
THE PROPOSED PROGRAM RELATES TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A LASER-BASED METHOD TO CLAD METALS WITH SILICON-BASED CERAMICS. THE CERAMIC LAYER IS TO BE INTIMATELY BONDED TO THE METAL SURFACE BY IN SITU CERAMIC FORMATION AND REACTION WITH THE METAL SUBSTRATE. SUCH CERAMICCLADDED METALS WILL BE LOW-COST, ADVANCED ENGINEERING MATERIALS SUITABLE FOR USE AT HIGH TEMPERATURE UNDER MECHANICAL STRESS. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROGRAM IS TO DEMONSTRATE THAT SIH(2) RADICALS FORMED BY CO(2)-LASER MIRPD OF ARYL SILANES WILL REACT IN SITU WITH ND:YAG-LASER HEAT-ACTIVATED METAL SURFACES. BY CARRYING OUT THIS PROCESS IN A NITROGEN-GAS RICH ATMOSPHERE, INITIMATELY BONDED COATINGS OF SILICON NITRIDE ON THE METAL SURFACE ARE EXPECTED. THE CORROSION RESISTANCE AND TEMPERATURE STABILITY PROPERTIES OF THIS CLADDED METAL, AS WELL AS SURFACE MORPHOLOGY AND CHEMICAL COMPOSITION, WILL BE INITIALLY EVALUATED IN THE PHASE I PROGRAM.

Principal Investigator:
Dr Fraser Walsh
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Business Contact:

Small Business Information at Submission:

Tracer Technologies Inc.
225 Needham St Newton, MA 02164

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DUNS: N/A

Number of Employees:

Woman-Owned: No

Minority-Owned: No

HUBZone-Owned: No