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Use of chromates as corrosion inhibi.tors in coatings, adhesives and sealants is a well established technology. However, toxicity and waste disposal problems have led to the urgent need for development of an environmentally benign substitute for chromium compounds in coatings and sealants, which is the subject of this SBIR. This pa'per discusses the state-of-the-art technical approaches to the sol ...

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THERMOSET POLYMER COMPOSITES HAVE BEEN USED AS BUILDING MATERIALS FOR MANY YEARS AND ARE SUCCESSFULLY USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF MARINE VESSELS, AIRCRAFT, BUILDINGS, AND SPACE VEHICLES. PULTRUSION IS ONE WELL-KNOWN PROCESS THAT IS USED THROUGHOUT INDUSTRY TO MANUFACTURE COMPOSITES. COMPOSITES CAN BE REINFORCED WITH FIBERGLASS, CARBON, OR OTHER FIBERS TO CREATE HIGH STRENGTH, LIGHT WEIGHT, AND D ...

Treatment and disposal of surfactant-laden waste waters is a significant problem at firefighter training facilities, as well as in real world use. The extremely high foaming potential and chemical oxygen demand of these waters restricts their discharge into sewage treatment plants. Improved treatment processes must be developed for aqueous firefighting foams, hydrocarbons, and their degradation by ...

IT HAS BEEN FOUND THAT TRACE METALS THAT PREVIOUSLY WERE NOT DETECTED AS PRESENT IN SOIL SAMPLES CAN BE CONCENTRATED AT DETECTABLE LEVELS. THIS PROJECT WILL TAILOR CURRENT ELECTROKINETIC TECHNOLOGY TO DESIGN AN INNOVATIVE SOIL SAMPLING AND MONITORING METHOD INVOLVING AN IN-SITU SORBING OF TRACE CONTAMINANTS FROM THE SOIL BY CONCENTRATING THEM INTO A SOLID MATRIX UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF AN APPLIED ...

Solicitation AF93-035 requires the development of innovative concepts for increasing the warfighting capabilities of the Air Force command, control, communications and intelligence (C3I) investigation. The proposed effort addresses the establishment of planar (N4) and volume (N5) "smart" global (multi-dimensional) optical interconnects for digital optoelectronic computing hardware. The purpose of ...

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Adsorption refrigeration using ammoniated complex compounds as the absorbent media can be used for miniature portable blast freezers. This is possible because the technology allows low evaporator temperatures without staging, is scalable to small sizes, and has high reliability because the only moving parts are check valves. Compared to vapor compression or other sorption refrigeration systems, th ...

RESEARCHERS ARE PERFORMING RESEARCH INVOLVING A RAPID PROTO-TYPE OF A MICROPROCESSOR SIMULATION TOOLKIT (MSTKIT) AND EDUCATION SOFTWARE FOR LEARNING THE INTRICACIES OF COMPUTER PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY. THE KIT IS BEING DEVELOPED FOR CUSTOMIZATION OF EDUCATION MODULES FOR HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR LEVEL UP TO THE SOPHOMORE YEAR AT THE COLLEGE LEVEL, AS WELL AS VOCATIONAL TRAINING. POWERFUL GRAPHICS CAPABI ...

THE RESEARCH ADDRESSES THE HUMAN FACTORS ASPECT OF HOSPITAL PATIENT MONITORING SYSTEMS AND SEEKS IMPROVEMENT THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF ERGONOMICS TO THE EVALUATION OF INTENSIVE CARE UNITS (ICU'S). THE INTENSIVE CARE PATIENT MONITORING SYSTEM IS BEING REVIEWED AND ANALYZED IN TERMS OF HUMAN TASKS AND EQUIPMENT MONITORING FUNCTIONS AND WITH RESPECT TO THE EQUIPMENT SETUP PROCESS, CALIBRATION, AND ...