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THE PROPOSED WORK INVOLVES APPLICATION OF SUPPORTED MOLTEN SALT CATALYSIS TO THE CATALYTIC ENDOTHERMIC DEHYDROGENATION OF HIGH ENERGY-DENSITY AVIATION FUELS. THE CATALYSTS OF INTEREST ARE HETEROGENEOUSLY DISPERSED PLATINUM AND NICKEL, TO BE USED ALONE OR IN BIMETALLIC CLUSTERS. THE MOLTEN SALTS TO BE USED INCLUDE BINARY AND TERNARY EUTECTICS INVOLVING ALKALI METAL CHLORIDES AND HYDROXIDES. THE SUP ...

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DUE TO THE DETERIORATION OF THE U.S. HIGHWAY SYSTEM'S PAVEMENTS AND BRIDGES, CONSTRUCTION REHABILITATION HAS BECOME A LARGE SCALE EFFORT. ONE OF THE SAFEST AND MOST EFFICIENT TECHNIQUES FOR TRAFFIC CONTROL DURING REHABILITATION OF DIVIDED HIGHWAYS IS TWO-LANE TWO-WAY OPERATION (TLTWO). IN THIS TECHNIQUE, ONE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY IS CLOSED OFF FOR REPAIR WHILE THE OTHER IS PUT INTO TLTWO WITH CHANNE ...

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THE MATERIALS USED IN THIN-FILM PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS AND MANY OTHER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES ARE FREQUENTLY GROWN USING CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION (CVD) OR OTHER VAPOR-BASED PROCESSES. MANY OF THE PROCESS GASES USED, FOR EXAMPLE, ARSINE, PHOSPHINE, AMMONIA, DIBORANE, AND SILANE, ARE HIGHLY REACTIVE. CONTAMINATION, CHEMICAL OR PARTICULATE, OF THESE REACTIVE GASES SERIOUSLY INTERFERES WITH DEVICE PERFORMA ...

THE RAPID GROWTH OF THE AMERICAN MICROELECTRONICS INDUSTRY HAS SPAWNED NEW ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROCESSES USED TO PREPARE SEMICONDUCTOR CHIPS, THE KEY COMPONENTS OF SOPHISTICATED ELECTRONIC DEVICES. MOST OF THESE PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN IGNORED BECAUSE RELATIVELY LOW VOLUMES OF CHEMICALS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH SEMICONDUCTOR FABRICATION. HOWEVER, THE EXCEPTIONALLY HIGH TOXICITY OF THE ...

INTERMETALLIC COMPOUNDS ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR HIGH MELTING POINTS AND CORROSION AND OXIDATION RESISTANCE. MANY OF THESE COMPOUNDS HAVE LOW DENSITIES AND VERY HIGH STRENGTHS AND, THEREFORE, ARE OF INTEREST FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE AEROSPACE AND SPACE STRUCTURE APPLICATIONS. HOWEVER,CONVENTIONAL PROCESSING OF INTERMETALLIC COMPOUNDS SUFFERS SEVERE LIMITATIONS: REACTIONS WITH CONTAINERS, POROSITY, CONTAMIN ...

ALUMINUM COATED GLASS FIBERS HAVE FOUND BROAD BASED USE AS RADAR CHAFF, HOWEVER, EXISTING METHODS OF MANUFACTURE ARE GENERALLY HIGH COST AND DO NOT OPTIMIZE ADHESION BETWEEN METAL AND GLASS WHICH MAY LEAD TO PERFORMANCE LOSS DURING HANDLING OR PROCESSING. BY UTILIZING A HIGH SPEED, LOW CAPITAL COST PROCESS SUCH AS CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION (CVD) IN COMBINATION WITH NOVEL INTERLAYER TECHNOLOGY, A P ...

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