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CONTROL OF SURFACE ATTACK BY GALLIUM ALLOYS IN ELECTRICAL CONTACTS

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Navy
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 1985
Amount: $276,000.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1986
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
Po Box 5676
Raleigh, NC 27650
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Ralph A Burton
 (919) 787-1592
Business Contact
Phone: () -
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

AN EXPERIMENTAL APPARATUS WILL BE FABRICATED FOR INSTRUMENTED OPERATION OF CURRENT COLLECTORS IN CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERES. TERNARY ALLOYS OF GALLIUM, INDIUM AND TIN WILL BE MADE AND APPLIED TO SURFACES OF THE CURRENT COLLECTORS AND SUBJECTED TO OPERATION, ACCOMPANIED BY OBSERVATION OF FRICTION, WEAR, CONTACT RESISTANCE, AND CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF THE FILM AND WEAR DEBRIS. INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED IN THE FORMULATION OF ADJACENT MATERIALS CHOICES FOR EXTENDED INVESTIGATIONS, AND ULTIMATELY FOR COLLECTOR DEVELOPMENT.

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