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Liquid Metal/Cold Metal Bond Enhancement in a Magnetostrictively Stressed Substrate
EPA Contract Number: 68D00043Title: Liquid Metal/Cold Metal Bond Enhancement in a Magnetostrictively Stressed Substrate
Investigators: Baltzly, W. Vaughn
Small Business: AVCA Corporation
EPA Contact: Richards, April
Phase: I
Project Period: September 1, 1990 through March 1, 1991
Project Amount: $50,000
RFA: Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) - Phase I (1990) RFA Text | Recipients Lists
Research Category: SBIR - Pollution Prevention , Pollution Prevention/Sustainable Development , Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
Description:
A new method of applying thin, electrically conductive films to a substrate as a replacement for continuous strip electroplating (CSEP) is desirable from an environmental standpoint as a means of limiting chemical and metallic contamination of wastewater and the economic costs of treatment.AVCA Corporation has done preliminary design work on a method and apparatus for generating thin films by levita- tion of electrically conductive materials in an electromag- netic containment device and transfers them to a ferrous substrate passing under the device on a continuous basis as a replacement for CSEP.
A question that must be answered before further develop- ment of the levitation portion of the design takes place is the quality of the bond achieved by the direct application of a liquid metal to a relatively cold ferrous substrate. Prelimi- nary research indicates that such bonds are worthwhile
AVCA Corporation has designed a supplemental process of enhancing these, bonds that can be dovetailed into the levitation portion of its design that involves reliquefaction of the film while subjecting the substrate to a strong magnetostrictive effect.
This research proposal involves the construction of a bench top device for testing the magnetostrictive interaction and - for modelling the entire process for the purpose of deter- mining instrumentation requirements.
Supplemental Keywords:
RFA, Scientific Discipline, Sustainable Industry/Business, Chemical Engineering, cleaner production/pollution prevention, Sustainable Environment, Environmental Chemistry, Chemistry, Technology for Sustainable Environment, Chemistry and Materials Science, Engineering, Environmental Engineering, continous strip electroplating alternative, waste reduction, cold metal bond enhancement, electroplating, substrate bond enhancement, liquid metal bond enhancement, pollution prevention, metal bond enhancementProgress and Final Reports:
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