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Method of forming metallic coatings on polymeric substrates and of forming graded polymeric coatings or films

Description: The invention described herein relates to methods of forming graded polymeric coatings or films on a desired substrate and of forming metallic coatings on polymeric or other nonmetallic substrates. In particular, it relates to methods of forming such coatings or films by sorption and/or diffusion of metals into coatings or films of polymeric material deposited by conventional techniques on a desired substrate.
Date: March 11, 1981
Creator: Liepins, R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Nitrogen fixation method and apparatus. [DOE patent application]

Description: A method and apparatus for achieving nitrogen fixation includes a volumetric electric discharge chamber. The volumetric discharge chamber provides an even distribution of an electron beam, and enables the chamber to be maintained at a controlled energy to pressure (E/p) ratio. An E/p ratio of from 5 to 15 kV/atm of O/sub 2//cm promotes the formation of vibrationally excited N/sub 2/. Atomic oxygen interacts with vibrationally excited N/sub 2/ at a much quicker rate than unexcited N/sub 2/, grea… more
Date: August 11, 1981
Creator: Chen, H. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Survivable pulse power space radiator

Description: A thermal radiator system is described for use on an outer space vehicle, which must survive a long period of nonuse and then radiate large amounts of heat for a limited period of time. The radiator includes groups of radiator panels that are pivotally connected in tandem, so that they can be moved to deployed configuration wherein the panels lie largely coplanar, and to a stowed configuration wherein the panels lie in a stack to resist micrometerorite damage. The panels are mounted on a boom w… more
Date: March 11, 1988
Creator: Mims, James; Buden, David & Williams, Kenneth
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Groove refinishing tool

Description: A groove refinishing tool is disclosed which utilizes a finishing wheel which is controlled by an air grinder motor. The air grinder motor is mounted on a main body section which is pivotally attached to a shoe element. The shoe element contains guide pins which guide the shoe element on the groove to be refinished. Application of pressure on the main body element compresses a weight counterbalance spring to extend the finishing wheel through the shoe element to refinish the groove surface. A w… more
Date: March 11, 1981
Creator: Kellogg, H.J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Front-lighted shadowgraphic method and apparatus

Description: High contrast silhouette images of a substantially opaque object are obtained using front illumination techniques. The object is frontally illuminated by light of a first polarization. A frontal surface of the object reflects the incident light to an observation station. The polarization of incident light bypassing the object and incident on a background is changed. The background light is reflected to the observation station, and the intensity of one of the two, differently polarized, reflecte… more
Date: February 11, 1982
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Improved eddy current angle probe

Description: Apparatus is described for detecting flaws in a tubular workpiece in a single scan. The coils of a dual coil bobbin eddy current inspection probe are wound at a 45/sup 0/ angle to the transverse axis of the probe, one coil having an angular position about the axis about 90/sup 0/ relative to the angular position of the other coil, and the angle of intersection of the planes containing the coils being about 60/sup 0/.
Date: February 11, 1982
Creator: Nance, R.A.; Hartley, W.H. & Caffarel, A.J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Nuclear Storage Overpack Door Actuator and Alignment Apparatus

Description: The invention is a door actuator and alignment apparatus for opening and closing the 15,000-pound horizontally sliding door of a storage overpack. The door actuator includes a ball screw mounted horizontally on a rigid frame including a pair of door panel support rails. An electrically powered ball nut moves along the ball screw. The ball nut rotating device is attached to a carriage. The carriage attachment to the sliding door is horizontally pivoting. Additional alignment features include pre… more
Date: May 11, 2005
Creator: Andreyko, Gregory M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Modified cellulose synthase gene from 'Arabidopsis thaliana' confers herbicide resistance to plants

Description: Cellulose synthase ('CS'), a key enzyme in the biosynthesis of cellulose in plants is inhibited by herbicides comprising thiazolidinones such as 5-tert-butyl-carbamoyloxy-3-(3-trifluromethyl) phenyl-4-thiazolidinone (TZ), isoxaben and 2,6-dichlorobenzonitrile (DCB). Two mutant genes encoding isoxaben and TZ-resistant cellulose synthase have been isolated from isoxaben and TZ-resistant Arabidopsis thaliana mutants. When compared with the gene coding for isoxaben or TZ-sensitive cellulose synthas… more
Date: October 11, 2000
Creator: Somerville, Chris R. & Scieble, Wolf
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Negative-ion generator

Description: This negative ion generator comprises a magnetically insulated transmission line having at least one hole in the cathode to permit negative ions to escape the transmission line, and a device for removing electrons from the negative ion flow.
Date: February 11, 1982
Creator: Stinnett, R.W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Cyclotron Axial Ion-Beam-Buncher System

Description: Adiabatic ion bunching is achieved in a cyclotron axial ion injection system through the incorporation of a radio frequency quadrupole system, which receives ions from an external ion source via an accelerate-decelerate system and a focusing einzel lens system, and which adiabatically bunches and then injects the ions into the median plane of a cyclotron via an electrostatic quadrupole system and an inflection mirror.
Date: February 11, 1982
Creator: Hamm, Robert W.; Swenson, Donald A. & Wangler, Thomas P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Magnetron sputtered boron films and Ti/B multilayer structures

Description: A method is described for the production of thin boron and titanium/boron films by magnetron sputter deposition. The amorphous boron films contain no morphological growth features, unlike those found when thin films are prepared by various physical vapor 5 deposition processes. Magnetron sputter deposition method requires the use of a high density crystalline boron sputter target which is prepared by hot isostatic pressing. Thin boron films prepared by this method are useful for ultra-thin band… more
Date: March 11, 1991
Creator: Makowiecki, Daniel Matthew & Jankowski, Alan Frederic
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Current-matched, high-efficiency, multi-junction monolithic solar cells

Description: In this invention, the efficiency of a two-junction (cascade) tandem photovoltaic device is improved by adjusting (decreasing) the top cell thickness to achieve current matching. An example of the invention was fabricated out of Ga{sub 0.52}In{sub 0.48}P and GaAs. Additional lattice-matched systems to which the invention pertains include Al{sub x}Ga{sub l-x}/GaAs (x=0.3 {minus} 0.4), GaAs/Ge and Ga{sub y}In{sub 1-y}P/Ga{sub y+0.5}In{sub 0.5-{sub Y}} As (O<y<5).
Date: February 11, 1991
Creator: Olson, J. M. & Kurtz, S. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Use of Microwaves to Crosslink Carbon Nanotubes

Description: Patent relating to the use of microwaves to crosslink carbon nanotubes.
Date: November 11, 2004
Creator: Tour, James M.; Stephenson, Jason J.; Imholt, Timothy; Dyke, Christopher A.; Yakobson, Boris I. & Roberts, James A.
Partner: UNT College of Arts and Sciences
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A method for synthesizing pollucite from chabazite and cesium chloride

Description: A method is described for immobilizing waste chlorides salts containing radionuclides and hazardous nuclear material for permanent disposal, and in particular, a method for immobilizing waste chloride salts containing cesium, in a synthetic form of pollucite. The method for synthesizing pollucite from chabazite and cesium chloride includes mixing dry, non-aqueous cesium chloride with chabazite and heating the mixture to a temperature greater than the melting temperature of the cesium chloride, … more
Date: August 11, 1997
Creator: Pereira, Candido
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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