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There are significant Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS) issues with electronics used in Department of Defense (DoD) systems. Nearly all DoD electronic systems are uniquely designed and manufactured for their specific applications using commercially available microcircuits at the time that they were designed. Integrated Circuits (ICs), or microcircuits, have an averag ...

Estes Energetics is standing up domestic production of potassium nitrate, a critical chemical used several different market segments, including the defense industry. In this Phase II effort Estes Energetics will develop a pilot-scale production line that can be modularly expanded to greater potassium nitrate production rates and to other critical nitrates. The Phase II effort will scale up the pro ...

Estes Energetics will demonstrate a versatile two-step process for the extraction and separation of magnesium powder from a variety of ordnance. In the first step, a solvent-free mechanical approach is used to separate the magnesium from binders. Such an approach maximizes the applicability of the method because it doesn’t rely on specific chemical compatibilities between the separation method a ...

Research of chromatographic processing of REE source solutions during Phase I activities provided the foundation for processing REE source materials (acid digestion and caustic bake procedures) and REE separation into high-quality REO materials. The knowledge gained during Phase I will be used to design a larger pilot-scale system capable of processing 100-kg of REE source material per day. Planne ...

Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are now one of the major power storage solutions; they are used in portable electronics, electric vehicles and renewable energy storage systems. Also, many weapons now depend on LIBs to power their systems. Unfortunately, the US military is particularly vulnerable to supply shortages of the active components needed for LIBs because virtually all large-scal ...

Estes Energetics will demonstrate a two-step, electrochemical-based process for the synthesis of potassium nitrate compliant with MIL-P-156 starting with domestically available potassium chloride and nitric acid as process inputs. This process will combine widely available materials and processes from the chlor-alkali industry and acid/base chemistry while collecting data aimed towards continuous ...

Resodyn Corporation proposes to develop Continuous Acoustic Chemical Reactor (CACR) Technology for the synthesis of energetic and energetic precursor materials of critical need by the DOD. CACR is built on the ResonantAcoustic® Mixing (RAM), which is of particular interest for reactions which are mixing, or heat-transfer limited. CACR is capable of handling multiphase reactions with ease. Previou ...

This proposal outlines a general approach and potential investigation path focused on development of a high-grade stibnite concentrate suitable for further testing and evaluation for use in military grade primers utilizing materials sourced from the Stibnite Gold Project (SGP) site located in Valley County, Idaho. Previous SGP beneficiation (crushing, grinding, flotation, cleaning) test work was d ...

The synthesis of antimony trisulfide (Sb2S3, the mineral stibnite) materials with well-controlled size, crystallinity and chemical purity is important in manufacturing for numerous electronics, munitions, solar, and chip-doping applications. Crystal growth methods have evolved considerably over the past few decades, primarily as an outgrowth from the electronics, solar energy and chip manufacturin ...

Hypersonic systems depend on advanced insulation materials and methods to reduce heat that is transferred through the aeroshell to heat-sensitive vehicle structures and internal equipment such as the flight computer and batteries contained within the vehicle.  There is a need for insulating materials that reduce heat transferred to internal components and that also carry some structural loading o ...