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COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE REVERSE-OSMOSIS MEMBRANES ARE CHEMICALLY ATTACHED BY CHLORINE. THUS, CHLORINATION CANNOT BE USED TO PREVENT BIOLOGICAL FOULING OF THE MEMBRANE ELEMENTS. WE PROPOSE DEVELOPMENT OF CHLORINE-RESISTANT MEMBRANE ELEMENTS FOR BRACKISH WATER AND SEA WATER DESALINATION. THE MEMBRANES WILL CONSIST OF A THIN POLYAMIDESALT REJECTING BARRIER ON THE INSIDE SURFACE OF POLYSULFONE HOLLOW F ...

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PROPOSED IS PHASE 1 OF A PHASED RESEARCH PROJECT AIMED AT PROVIDING NECESSARY DATA TO ASSIST IN THE MORE EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT DESIGN OF HEAD AND FACE PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT FOR MEN AND WOMEN. THIS IS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH STATISTICAL (MULTI-VARIATE DISCRIMINATE ANALYSIS) EVALUATION OF AN EXISTING U.S. ARMY DATA SET OF 30 HEAD AND FACE DIMENSIONS FOR 100 MALEAND 200 FEMALE SUBJECTS. THE PRIMA ...

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AN INVESTIGATION IS PROPOSED THAT WILL EXAMINE THE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE GROWTH OF HIGH QUALITY A1GAAS/GAAS SUPERLATTICS IN METALORGANIC EPITAXIAL REACTORS. THE TECHNICAL APPROACH WILL BE TO SELECT THE MOST PROMISING ADVANCES MADE IN THIS FIELD AND INTEGRATE THEM INTO A SINGLE ADVANCED DESIGN METALORGANIC REACTOR FOR LARGE SCALE PRODUCTION OF GAAS, A1GAAS AND THE ASSOCIATED MULTILAYER STRUC ...

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SUPPLYING ADEQUATE DRINKING WATER TO SOLDIERS ON ARID OR CONTAMINATED BATTLEFIELDS IS A FORMIDABLE PROBLEM. ONE POSSIBLE SOURCE OF WATER IS ENGINE EXHAUST; FOR EXAMPLE, DIESEL EXHAUST CONTAINS 1.1 POUNDS OF WATER VAPOR FOR EACH POUND OF FUEL BURNED. WE PROPOSE TO DEVELOP AN ONBOARD, COMPACT, EASILY MAINTAINED MEMBRANE-BASED SYSTEM THAT CAN RECOVER AND PURIFY WATER FROM COMBAT VEHICLE EXHAUSTS IN A ...

THIS PHASE I PROPOSAL CONCERNS AN EVALUATION OF THE POTENTIAL OF THE ALTI-OXY PROCESS TO PRODUCE TI-LI-AL ALLOYS IN POWDER FORM. THE FOLLOW ON PHASE II PROGRAM WOULD INVOLVE PRODUCTION OF SUFFICIENT MATERIAL TO PRODUCE PARTS FOR TESTING.

NEW AND POTENT CLASSES OF CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS, AS WELL AS THE EASE WITH WHICH THESE AGENTS CAN BE MANUFACTURED, HAVE MADE CHEMICAL WARFARE A LIKELY SCENARIO IN ANY FUTURE CONFLICT. ACCORDINGLY, THE U.S. ARMY IS DEVELOPING NEW TECHNOLOGIES THAT WILL ALLOW OUR TROOPS TO SURVIVE AND FIGHT ON CONTAMINATED BATTLEFIELDS. INTEGRAL TO THIS EFFORT ARE METHODS OF DECONTAMINATING AMBIENT AIR CONTAINING T ...