| Sol No.: |
Navy SBIR FY2007.1 |
| Topic No.: |
N07-004 |
| Topic Title: |
Replacement of Red Phosphorus in smoke producing munitions |
| Proposal No.: |
N071-004-0860 |
| Firm: |
ventana research
831 North Camino Miramonte
Tucson, Arizona 85716 |
| Contact: |
John Lombardi |
| Phone: |
(520) 882-8772 |
| Abstract: |
Current smoke producing munitions posess significant total obscuring power (TOP) but suffer from the drawbacks taht they are both toxic and corrosive towards military personnel and hardware respectively. A burgeoning need therefore exists for alternative obscurants which are benign as well as posess high TOP properties. Polyphenol derivatives represent one such promising class of materials meeting this criteria and will be developed and characterized during this proposed Phase I SBIR research program. |
| Benefits: |
Besides finding utility as obscurants for military application, the formulations developed during this program may also be of considerable utility in private sector use as high vacuum leak detection materials or as safety signaling devices for marine outdoor boating situations. |