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EARLIER WORK HAD SHOWN THAT THERE EXISTS A SYNERGISTIC EFFECT BETWEEN QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS AND CHLORINE DIOXIDE (US PATENT 4,073,888 TO PETTIBONE LABORATORIES, A SUBSIDIARY OF INTERNATIONAL DIOXCIDE, INC.) THIS COMPOSITION IS A SOLUTION WHICH RECENTLY WAS SHOWN TO PASS THE SUTURE LOOP TEST (AOAC SPOROCIDAL OFFICIAL METHOD) IN 6-9 HOURS INDICATING THE COMPOSITION TO BE SPOROCIDAL AND A COL ...

A NEW SYSTEM FOR THE ELECTROLYTIC RECOVERY OF METALS FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS WITH A UNIQUE ELECTRODE CONFIGURATION IS PROPOSED. THIS SYSTEM WOULD USE A CATHODE CONSISTING OF A LIQUID FLUIDIZED BED OF METAL POWDER, CARBON POWDER, OR METALLIZED PLASTIC BALLS. THE CATHODE SHOULD PROVIDE A SIGNIFICANTLY LARGER SURFACE AREA THAN A STANDARD SOLID CATHODE AND CONSEQUENTLY WILL INCREASE THE EFFICIENCY OF T ...

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COMPOSITE MATERIALS OFFER A WIDE RANGE OF ATTRIBUTED THAT CAN IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE AND REDUCE THE COST OF NEW SUBMARINES. COMPOSITES HAVE NOT YET BEEN USED EXTENSIVELY IN SUBMARINES BECAUSE THERE IS LITTLE EXPERIENCE IN THE SUBMARINE ENGINEERING COMMUNITY ON WHICH TO BASE COMPONENT DESIGN. COMPOSITES, UNLIKE METALS, HAVE A VERY LIMITED BODY OF DESIGN GUIDANCE SPECIFICALLY ORIENTED TO SUBMARINE ...

1Reliable and continuous power to submarine electronics is essential for mission execution and for the safe operation of the ship. Digital electronics cannot continue operation through even very short power outages cause by bus transfer devices that have historically been sufficient for analog combat systems. The restart and reload that a digital system must execute after a short power interruptio ...

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We are developing erbium doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs) for optical communication systems, local area networks, fiber sensors and optical measuring instruments. The EDFA is a new and revolutionary technology that is having a profound effect on the design of lightwave system architectures and other applications. Never has a technology blossomed as fast as the EDFA: it went from a twinkle in the eye ...

Amorphous hydrous ruthenium oxide(Ru02.xH20A) has a specific capacitance at least two times larger than any other known capacitor materials. An object of this proposal is to demostrate the feasibility of producing shock-hardened RuO2. H2O based electrochemical capacitors suitable for use in power sources for advanced weapon system applications. A 25 V, 150 mF shock-hardened electrochemical capa ...

ALTHOUGH EARLY INITIATION OF CPR DOES IMPROVE SURVIVAL, THE PUBLIC HEALTH IMPACT HAS BEEN MINIMIZED BY NOT TARGETING THE TRAINING OF INDIVIDUALS WHO LIVE WITH PATIENTS AT INCREASED RISK FOR SUDDEN DEATH. BASED ON RECENT CONCERNS REGARDING DISEASE TRANSMISSION THROUGH MOUTH-TO-MOUTH CONTACT, WE SPECULATE THAT BYSTANDER CPR RATES ARE DECLINING AND WILL IMPACT NEGATIVELY ON SURVIVAL RATES. DESPITE SU ...

The end product of this proposal is an improved monopropellant which is safe, non toxic, water soluble, very low cost, energetic, environmentally benign and wakeless. Calculations show that a stoichiometric blend of the water soluble constituents produce a monopropellant having an energy density of 1100 Btu/# (British thermal units per pound) and an adiabatic flame temperature of 2300 F (Fahrenhe ...