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IN-SITU INTERFACIAL TEMPERATURE DETERMINATION DURING MICROMACHING

Award Information

Agency:
National Science Foundation 		Branch:
N/A 		Award ID:
27547 		Program Year/Program:
1994 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
27547 		Solicitation Year:
N/A 		Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A 		Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
Advanced Fuel Research, Inc.
87 Church Street East Hartford, CT -
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 1
Fiscal Year: 1994
Title: IN-SITU INTERFACIAL TEMPERATURE DETERMINATION DURING MICROMACHING
Agency: NSF
Contract: N/A
Award Amount: $64,883.00
 

Abstract:

RESEARCHERS HAVE PIONEERED A TECHNIQUE TO DETERMINE TEMPERATURES ALONG A LINE-OF-SIGHT INTO TRANSPARENT MATERIALS. IT INVOLVES MEASURING INFRARED RADIANCE SPECTRA FOR MATERIALS WITH WELL-CHARACTERIZED, TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT OPTICAL CONSTANTS. THE PROJECT DEMONSTRATES THAT FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED (FT-IR) RADIANCE SPECTRA CAN BE USED TO EXTRACT THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AT THE SLURRY-SAMPLE INTERFACE DURING MICROMACHINING PROCESSES. FEASIBILITY IS DEMONSTRATED BY PERFORMING FT-IR RADIANCE MEASUREMENTS THROUGH SAMPLES TO THE SLURRY INTERFACE, FOR TWO SYSTEMS: COLLOIDAL SILICA LAPPING OF SAPPHIRE, AND DIAMOND LAPPING OF SILICON. THE LATTER CASE REPRESENTS THE DICING OF SILICON WAFERS. AN ON-LINE PROCESS MONITOR IS BEING DEVELOPED FOR THE MICROMACHINING OF SINGLE-CRYSTAL CERAMICS AS WELL AS TO INCREASE UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROCESSES INVOLVED.

Principal Investigator:

James R Markham
2035289806

Business Contact:

Small Business Information at Submission:

Advanced Fuel Research Inc.
Po Box 380379 East Hartford, CT 06138

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DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees: N/A
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No