AMERICAN BORONITE CORPORATION — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: AF171-011

AMERICAN BORONITE CORPORATION — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Defense.

Amount
$150,000
Agency
Department of Defense · Air Force
Program / Phase
SBIR · Phase I
Topic
AF171-011
Solicitation
2017.1
NAICS
Place of performance
MA
Period
2017-08-10 → 2018-05-10

Description

Individual arc heaters are used for materials testing and for the simulation of hypersonic flight or re-entry to the atmosphere. The heating elements operate at about 120 atmospheres (~1800 psi) at gas surface temperatures of about 4700C, with bulk temp