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DIAMOND FIBERS FOR HEAT SINKS*DIAMOND FIBERS FOR THERMAL ENERGY MANAGEMENT

Award Information

Agency:
Department of Defense 		Branch:
Missile Defense Agency 		Award ID:
15612 		Program Year/Program:
1991 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
15612 		Solicitation Year:
N/A 		Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A 		Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
Applied Sciences Inc
141 W. Xenia Ave. PO Box 579 Cedarville, OH -
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 1
Fiscal Year: 1991
Title: DIAMOND FIBERS FOR HEAT SINKS*DIAMOND FIBERS FOR THERMAL ENERGY MANAGEMENT
Agency / Branch: DOD / MDA
Contract: N/A
Award Amount: $50,059.00
 

Abstract:

DIAMOND FIBER, WHEN A HIGHLY-GRAPHITIC CORE FIBER OF 1 TO 5 MICRONS HAS A DIAMOND COATING OF 2 TO 10 MICRONS, IS A HYBRID FIBER WITH PREDOMINATELY DIAMOND PROPERTIES. THIS ENABLES TAILORING OF FIBER COEFFICIENTS OF THEMAL CONDUCTIVITY (CTE) TO ALLOW MATCHING TO THE CTE OF DEVICES MOUNTED ON A COMPOSITE FABRICATED FROM SUCH FIBERS. THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF THE POLYCRYSTALLINE FIBERS IS EXPECTED TO BE ISOTROPIC, AT 600 W/M-K. AS SUGGESTED BY EXPERIMENTS 20 YEARS AGO, A VLS PROCESS UTILIZING 1990 TECHNOLOGY FOR CVD DIAMOND PRODUCTION, COUPLED WITH A VLLS METHOD FOR VAPOR GROAN CARBON FIBER TECHNOLOGY CAN PRODUCE WHISKERS WITH MORPHOLOGY LIKE DIAMOND WHISKERS. EDAX SHOWS THESE FIBERS TO BE PURE CARBON. IF CONFIRMED TO BE SINGLE CRYSTAL DIAMOND, THIS FIBER COULD BE USEFUL IN RADIATION-HARD FIBER OPTICS AS WELL AS A COMPOSITE REINFORCEMENT WITH ISOTROPIC THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY IN EXCESS OF 2000 W/M-K, AND A CTE SIMILAR TO SILICON.

Principal Investigator:

Max L Lake
Principal Investigator
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Business Contact:

Small Business Information at Submission:

Applied Sciences Inc
800 Livermore Street Yellow Springs, OH 45387

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