A proprietary approach to using magnesium composites for fabricating reusable hydrogen storage modules for the national aerospace plane (nasp), the x-30, is presented. these hydride materials have the inherent capability for storing hydrogen at room temperature to densities nearly twice that of… More

Iron-based rare earth-boron permanent magnets of the composition fe14nd2b which were discovered several years ago possess magnetic energy products exceeding 40 mgoe. the opportunity exists to design asynchronous motor with such permanent magnet materials. since the weight of a motor is inversely… More

Permanent magnets based on nd2fe14b and pr2fe14b exhibit very high magnetic energy products at room temperature. these compositions have been slightly modified by adding cobalt and aluminum to extend their utility over a wide temperature range. for example, a pr-fe-b magnet recently produced in our… More

The planned work is an investigation of high energy permanent magnet separator designs whose express purpose is to provide an efficient means for slurry reactor wax/catalyst separation in the fischer-tropsch process using an iron-based catalyst. these studies will involve magnetic circuit modeling… More

We propose development of a 'smart' optical preprocessor that installs as an integral part of the light gathering optics of first- or second-generation forward looking infrared imaging systems (FLIRs). This optical preprocessor is based on an advanced-art imaging acousto-optic tunable filter (aka,… More

The theoretical maximum energy product of intermetallic compounds Nd2Fe14B and Pr2Fe14B is as high as 64 M Oe at room temperature. However, the actual energy product achieved in the laboratory is ~50 M Oe and the best commercial magnets exhibit only ~45 MG Oe. The inability to fabricate magnets with… More

52 A Simple Process to Manufacture Grain Aligned Permanent Magnets--Advanced Materials Corporation, 700 Technology Drive, P.O. Box 2950, Pittsburgh, PA 15230-2950; (412) 268-5649 Mr. Vijay K. Chandhok, Principal Investigator Dr. S.G. Sankar, Business Official DOE Grant No.… More

51 A Novel Technique for the Enhancement of Coercivity in High Energy Permanent Magnets--Advanced Materials Corporation, 700 Technology Drive, P.O. Box 2950, Pittsburgh, PA 15219-3124; (412) 268-5649 Dr. S.G. Sankar, Principal Investigator Dr. S.G. Sankar, Business Official DOE Grant No.… More

52 A Simple Process to Manufacture Grain Aligned Permanent Magnets--Advanced Materials Corporation, 700 Technology Drive, P.O. Box 2950, Pittsburgh, PA 15230-2950; (412) 268-5649 Mr. Vijay K. Chandhok, Principal Investigator Dr. S.G. Sankar, Business Official DOE Grant No.… More

51 A Novel Technique for the Enhancement of Coercivity in High Energy Permanent Magnets--Advanced Materials Corporation, 700 Technology Drive, P.O. Box 2950, Pittsburgh, PA 15219-3124; (412) 268-5649 Dr. S.G. Sankar, Principal Investigator Dr. S.G. Sankar, Business Official DOE Grant No.… More

75879-Hydrogen storage materials with a large capacity are needed to store, transport, and utilize hydrogen for fuel cells. This project will employ a unique combinatorial technique for rapidly screening a number of nanocrystalline alloys and intermetallics, in order to identify prospective… More

M19 grade silicon steel is the most commonly used soft magnet for a number of applications such as in the manufature of motors. Advanced Materials Corporation proposes to fabricate new, proprietary magnet compositions and bonded magnets employing novel processing techniques. The saturation induction… More

Advanced Materials Corporation proposes to optimize the process to manufacture soft magnetic materials that are anticipated to be superior to M19 steels both in magnetic induction and in electrical resistivity. Proof-of-concept studies conducted during Phase I have demonstrated the superior magnetic… More

The objective of this proposal is to demonstrate the feasibility of producing exchange-coupled magnets with a mixture of Sm2Fe17Nx and alpha double prime-iron nitride powders as starting materials. Advanced Materials Corporation (AMC), together with Georgia Institute of Technology propose to produce… More

During Phase I, we have conducted proof-of-principle experiments to fabricate exchange-coupled isotropic permanent magnets with SmFeN-Fe4N compositions employing shock wave consolidation technique. We have also successfully synthesized nearly 100% Fe16N2 in bulk form. Under this Phase II plan, we… More