Abstract:
Titanium and refractory metals and their alloys are removed from tools, usually made from steel or carbides, without deleterious effects on the tool, by immersing the coated tool in an acidic solution including fluoride ions, a source of COOH radical such as formic acid, and one or more of the hydroxylated carboxylic acids such as gluconic acid.
Abstract:
Improved uniformly expanded pyrolytic graphite, useful particularly as insulation material, e.g. heat insulator or heat shield, by a process comprising treating pyrolytic graphite with an intercalating agent, preferably a mixture of nitric and sulfuric acids, to cause the pyrolytic graphite to expand in a controlled manner only in the direction normal to the deposition surface (the c-direction) and continuing such treatment for a period sufficient to substantially completely delaminate the expanded pyrolytic graphite, and heating such delaminated expanded pyrolytic graphite under conditions constraining movement in the direction parallel to the deposition surface (the a-b direction) and permitting movement in the c-direction, to cause the delaminated expanded pyrolytic graphite to expand further to a controlled extent in the c-direction, forming an integral bonded expanded pyrolytic graphite expanded, e.g. from about 1 to about 10 times or more its original dimension in the c-direction.
Abstract:
A vent structure for reliable long term operation at high temperatures is fabricated by annealing a tubing of predetermined length and size, placing a predetermined number of strands of stabilized zirconium oxide yarn of predetermined diameter longitudinally into one end of the tubing a predetermined distance therein, flattening and coiling and pressing the end portion of the tubing containing the yarn at predetermined pressures, annealing the formed tubing, and installing a particulate filter in the undeformed (normally lower) portion of the tubing. For use in venting helium generating reactor control pins located under hot molten sodium, a vent assembly including the vent structure and providing an air lock between the outer molten sodium and the vent is affixed to the upper end of each control pin.
Abstract:
Ablative composition and coating comprising silica, preferably silica fibers, a boron and oxygen-containing compound such as boron oxide, and a char-forming resin such as an epoxy resin. Such ablative composition is capable of application to a substrate by spraying, troweling, and the like.
Abstract:
A double four-bar linkage for flap actuation on a STOL (Short Take Off and Landing) aircraft with interconnecting linkage to proportionally deflect the spoiler as the flaps are extended.
Abstract:
A filter spectrograph unit for use in a micro-Raman spectrometer system or a remote sensing system is formed by combining an infinitely variable spectral line rejection filter (having appropriate entrance optics) functionally and operatively with a dispersing spectrograph. The line rejection filter is a modified form of a zero-dispersion double monochromator having an input light signal including laser light scattered from, for examle, minute Raman-active particles. The modified double monochromator includes an acylindrical mirror positioned so that the laser line will exit through an aperture in the mirror and all other spectral lines will be reflected and reformed by the modified double monochromator into an output light signal containing all of the original spectral information, less the rejected laser line. The dispersing spectrograph is integrally coupled to the modified double monochromator and produces from the output light signal a display of the entire Raman spectrum suitable for parallel readout and rapid data analysis.
Abstract:
Production of a separator, preferably in the form of a compartment, for insertion therein of a battery electrode, preferably by dip-coating a flexible porous substrate, e.g., potassium titanate paper or nylon, in a mixture preferably of a major portion of an inorganic or ceramic separator material, a minor portion of potassium titanate in short fiber form, and a minor portion of an organic polymer, e.g., polyphenylene oxide, dissolved in a suitable solvent such as chloroform. The flexible porous substrate is placed in the mixture, preferably maintained under vibration, and stirred; the substrate and applied coating are removed from the mixture, and the coating is dried to remove solvent and is cured at elevated temperature. The resulting porous separator, coated, filled or impregnated with the above mixture, has low resistivity, is smooth and uniform in thickness, and is flexible, and has high resistance to alkali and to elevated temperatures. Preferably the flexible porous substrate is first formed into a box or bag and then treated with the above mixture to form a separator. An electrode, such as a zinc electrode, is inserted in the bag either before or after coating and impregnation. Alternatively, a film or sheet of the substrate is treated with the above mixture to form a flexible separator, and the resulting flexible separator is then formed into a boxlike configuration for receiving an electrode, or is wrapped around an electrode or electrodes.
Abstract:
A fastener which can compensate for misalignment and tolerance build-up while assuring no looseness or rattle of the connection, for connecting structure, such as seats, partitions and cabinets to a track installed in an aircraft. The fastener includes a rotatable stud for locking the fastener down to the track, serrated engagement means for allowing substantial adjustment between the track and the connected structure, means to eliminate looseness between the track and the structure and means to maintain and indicate a locked condition of the fastener.
Abstract:
1. A TITANIUM ALLOY CAPABLE OF BEING CHEMICALLY PROCESSED IN A SOLUTION CONTAINING HYDROGEN IONS WITHOUT PICKING UP AN EXCESSIVE QUANTITY OF HYDROGEN IONS WITHOUT PICKSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF TITANIUM, ALUMINUM, VANADIUM AND TIN AND BEING KNOWN AS TI-6A1-6V-2SN, SAID ALLOY BEING IN THE BETA OR ALPHA-BETA- PHASES, SAID ALLOY HAVING RELATIVELY LOW STRENGTH AND HIGH DUCTILITY AS A RESULT OF HAVING BEEN ANNEALED BY HEATING TO AT LEAST ABOUT 1300*F. BUT LESS THAN THE SOLUTION TREATING TEMPERATURE AND BY THEREAFTER COOLING RELATIVELY SLOWLY, SAID ALLOY THEREAFTER HAVING BEEN MAINTAINED BETWEEN ABOUT 800*F. AND ABOUT 1000*F. FOR AT LEAST APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR TO STABILIZE IT AGAINST HYDROGEN PICKUP.
Abstract:
A device for placing a specimen under tensile stresses in axial, radial and circumferential directions simultaneously to determine its failure characteristics. A solid cylindrical billet of material is rotated about its line of symmetry to develop radial and circumferential stresses due to centrifugal forces which also are utilized simultaneously to apply axial tension to the billet.