Abstract:
Thermally-sensitive hardware is at least partially enclosed within a container in which reactants for a solid-solid endothermic chemical reaction are disposed, surrounding at least a portion of the thermally-sensitive hardware. The reactants or a structure including the reactants are positioned between the thermally-sensitive hardware and a heat source, such as an external surface of a missile traveling through atmospheric gases at extremely high speed and experiencing extreme frictional heating. The reactants absorb heat during the solid-solid endothermic reaction to thermally protect the thermally-sensitive hardware. The reactants are preferably selected to absorb heat of at least 5 kilo-Joules per gram (kJ/g) during the solid-solid endothermic chemical reaction.
Abstract:
A coating for mitigating metal whiskers on a metal surface includes a polymeric coating material; and a metal ion complexing agent impregnated within the polymeric coating material, the metal ion complexing agent having a standard reduction potential (E°) that is greater than a metal in the metal surface.
Abstract:
A optical element includes a surface including a zinc sulfide layer; a coupling agent adhered to the zinc sulfide layer by a disulfide bond and including a hydrocarbon tail extending from the disulfide bond; and a polymer bonded to the hydrocarbon tail of the coupling agent by a covalent bond; wherein the polymer and the coupling agent are optically transparent in the long wavelength infrared (LWIR) region.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein are energetic compositions and methods of making thereof. A composition includes hydrazinium nitroformate (HNF) particles dispersed in a polymeric binder and a bonding agent bonded to a surface of at least a portion the HNF particles. The bonding agent disclosed is a Lewis acid.
Abstract:
The rate of combustion of an electrically operated propellant having self-sustaining threshold of at least 1,000 psi is controlled to produce chamber pressures that are sufficient to produce a desired pressure profile in the airbag to accommodate a range of human factors and crash conditions yet never exceeding the self-sustaining threshold. The combustion of the propellant is extinguished to control the total pressure impulse delivered to the airbag. Propellants formed with an ionic perchlorate-based oxidizer have demonstrated thresholds in excess of 1,500 psi and higher.
Abstract:
A coating for mitigating metal whiskers on a metal surface includes a polymeric coating material; and a metal ion complexing agent impregnated within the polymeric coating material, the metal ion complexing agent having a standard reduction potential (E°) that is greater than a metal in the metal surface.
Abstract:
A coating for mitigating metal whiskers on a metal surface includes a polymeric coating material; and a metal ion complexing agent impregnated within the polymeric coating material, the metal ion complexing agent having a standard reduction potential (E°) that is greater than a metal in the metal surface.
Abstract:
A coating for mitigating metal whiskers on a metal surface includes a polymeric coating material; and a metal ion complexing agent impregnated within the polymeric coating material, the metal ion complexing agent having a standard reduction potential (E°) that is greater than a metal in the metal surface.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein are energetic compositions and methods of making thereof. A composition includes perchlorate or nitrate containing oxidizer particles, a polymeric binder, and a borylated ferrocene derivative bonding agent bonded to a surface of at least a portion the perchlorate or nitrate containing oxidizer particles to form a Lewis complex.
Abstract:
A optical element includes a surface including a zinc sulfide layer; a coupling agent adhered to the zinc sulfide layer by a disulfide bond and including a hydrocarbon tail extending from the disulfide bond; and a polymer bonded to the hydrocarbon tail of the coupling agent by a covalent bond; wherein the polymer and the coupling agent are optically transparent in the long wavelength infrared (LWIR) region.