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Completed R&D Projects

The following publications are highlights of completed projects for Industrial Materials for the Future.

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Fact Sheets & Final Reports

Pre-2004

  • Advanced Inorganic Membranes Impact Chemical and Petrochemical Industries (PDF 532 KB)
  • Advanced Materials and Processing (PDF 246 KB)
  • Advanced High Intensity Infrared Preheating of Steel Strip (PDF 860 KB)
  • Infrared Heating of Forging Billets and Dies (PDF 213 KB)
  • Plasma Infrared Processing of Materials (PDF 164 KB)
  • Development of Intermetallic Alloys (PDF 197 KB)
  • Advanced Intermetallic Alloys (PDF 206 KB)
  • Intermetallic Alloy Development for the Steel Industry (PDF 551 KB)
  • Ni3Al Enables Improvement in Forging Dies (PDF 1.2 MB)
  • Materials Development for the Forest Products Industry (PDF 247 KB)
  • Ceramic Composite Hot Gas Filters Fabricated Using a Fiber Slurry and Sol-gel Impregnation Process (PDF 509 KB)

    Final Report: December 2002

    (PDF 4.1 MB)
  • Chemical Vapor Infiltration (CVI) Used to Fabricated Ceramic Composite Radiant Burner Screens (PDF 227 KB)
  • Development of Improved Refractories for the Glass Production Industry (PDF 627 KB)
  • Membrane Systems for Energy Efficient Separation of Light Gases (PDF 238 KB)
  • Compressive Creep and Thermophysical Performance of Refractory Materials

    Final Report: June 2006

    (PDF 2.9 MB)

2004

  • High Density Infrared Treatment of Refractories: CPS 1758 (PDF 152 KB)

    Final Report: March 2005

    (PDF 4.3 MB)
  • New Class of Fe-3Cr-W(V) Ferritic Steel: CPS 1763 (PDF 104 KB)

    Final Report: March 2005

    (PDF 6.7 MB)
  • High Energy Density Coatings: CPS 1775 (PDF 134 KB)

    Final Report: June 2006

    (PDF 5.2 MB)
  • Inverse Process Analysis for the Acquisition of Thermophysical Data: CPS 1776 (PDF 93 KB)

    Final Report: June 2006

    (PDF 973 KB)
  • Characterization of Spinel Glass Tank Refractories: CPS 1777 (PDF 1.2 MB)

    Final Report: October 2003

    (PDF 3.7 MB)
  • Semi-Stochastic Algorithm for Optimizing Alloy Composition of High-Temperature Austenitic Stainless Steels (H-Series): CPS 1780 (PDF 112 KB)

    Final Report: June 2006

    (PDF 746 KB)
  • Oxide Dispersion Strengthened Tubes: CPS 1783 (PDF 115 KB)

    Final Report: March 2006

    (PDF 2.8 MB)
  • Ultrasonic Processing of Materials: CPS Agreement #5602 (PDF 196 KB)

    Final Report: June 2006

    (PDF 10.0 MB)
  • Magnetic Field Processing of Materials: CPS 1792 (PDF 95 KB)

    Final Report: March 2005

    (PDF 3.2 MB)
  • Advanced Chlor Alkali Technology: CPS 1797 (PDF 94 KB)

    Final Report: May 2005

    (PDF 1.4 MB)

2005

  • Development of Cast Austenitic Stainless Steel: CPS 1772 (PDF 147 KB)

    Final Report: June 2006

    (PDF 13.2 MB)
  • Virtual Welded Joint Design Integrating Advanced Materials and Processing Technologies: CPS 1773 (PDF 177 KB)

    Final Report: June 2005

    (PDF 4.3 MB)
  • Ceramic and Refractory Components for Aluminum Melting and Casting: CPS 1764 (PDF 693 KB)

    Final Report: June 2006

    (PDF 3.6 MB)
  • Advanced Nanoporous Composite Materials for Industrial Heating Applications: CPS Agreement 5612 (PDF 91 KB)

    Final Report: December 2005

    (PDF 381 KB)
  • Combinatorial Methods for Alloy Design and Optimization: CPS 1778 (PDF 121 KB)

    Final Report: June 2006

    (PDF 7.1 MB)
  • Advanced Wear and Corrosion Resistant Systems through Laser Surface Alloying: CPS 16946 (PDF 733 KB)
  • Stress-Assisted Corrosion in Boiler Tubes: CPS 1762 (PDF 511 KB)

    Final Report: April 2006

    (PDF 11.5 MB)
  • Novel Carbon Films for Next Generation Rotating Equipment: CPS 1785 (PDF 1.3 MB)

    Final Report: February 2006

    (PDF 1.8 MB)
  • High-Density Infrared Transient Liquid Coatings: CPS 1765 (PDF 1.1 MB)
  • New Class of Bainitic Chromium Tungsten Steels: CPS 1781 (PDF 1.1 MB)

    Final Report: June 2006

    (PDF 4.6 MB)
  • Physical and Numerical Analysis of Extrusion Process for Production of Bi-Metallic Tubes: CPS 1782 (PDF 585 KB)

    Final Report: August 2006

    (PDF 7.8 MB)
  • Advanced Tooling Alloys for Molds and Dies: CPS 1790 (PDF 124 KB)

    Final Report: January 2006

    (PDF 6.8 MB)

2006

  • New Class of Ultra-Hard Borides (PDF 224 KB)
  • Novel Superhard Materials and Nanostructured Diamond Composites (PDF 1.1 MB)
  • Advanced Composite Coatings (PDF 1.1 MB)
  • Thermochemical Models and Databases for High Temperature Materials (PDF 997 KB)
  • Prediction of Corrosion of Advanced Materials and Fabricated Components (PDF 1.1 MB)
  • Novel Modified Zeolites for Hydrocarbon Separations: CPS Agreement #11238 (PDF 223 KB)

    Final Report: November 2006

    (PDF 2.9 MB)
  • Materials for High-Temperature Black Liquor Gasification: CPS 16540 (PDF 1.1 MB)

    Final Report: June 2006

    (PDF 1.3 MB)

2007

  • Ultrananocrystalline diamond coatings for pump seals: CPS 1798 (PDF 1.1 MB)
  • Materials for industrial heat recovery systems: CPS 16940 (PDF 301 KB)
  • Development of functionally graded materials for manufacturing tools: CPS 16941 (PDF 140 KB)
  • Structurally integrated coatings for wear and corrosion: CPS 16942 (PDF 111 KB)
  • Multifunctional metallic and refractory materials for handling of molten metals: CPS 16943 (PDF 1.3 MB)
  • Development of materials resistant to metal dusting: CPS 16944 (PDF 188 KB)
  • Advanced integration of multi-scale mechanics and welding process simulation in weld assessment: CPS 16945 (PDF 1.3 MB)
  • Advanced thermoelectric materials for efficient waste heat recovery in process industries: CPS 16947 (PDF 216 KB)
  • Low-temperature surface carburizing of stainless steels: CPS 16948 (PDF 213 KB)
  • Development of bulk nanocrystalline cemented WC for industrial applications: CPS 16949 (PDF 1.1 MB)
  • Alkaline-resistant Fe-phosphate glass fibers as concrete reinforcement: CPS 16951 (PDF 267 KB)

MTI Projects

  • Corrosion Monitoring System (CMS)

    Final Report

    (PDF 1.8 MB)
  • Prediction of Corrosion of Alloys in Mixed-Solvent Environments

    Final Report

    (PDF 129 KB)
  • Study of Metal Dusting Phenomenon and Development of Materials Resistant to Metal Dusting

    Final Report

    (PDF 57 MB)

Extended Portfolio

Chemicals

  • Alloy Selection System: CPS 1243 (PDF 491 KB)
  • Alloys for Ethylene Production (PDF 144 KB)
  • Advanced Membrane Materials for Reducing Energy Consumption in P-Xylene Separation: CPS 885
  • Metal Dusting Phenomena: CPS 1223 (PDF 77 MB)

Forest Products

  • Development of Corrosion Resistant Chromium Rich Alloys for Gasifier and Kraft Recovery Boiler Applications (PDF 155 KB)
  • Evolution of Ceramic Coating for Protection of HTHP BL Gasifiers

Metal Casting

  • Casting Porosity-Free, Grain Refined Magnesium Alloys (E-SMARRT): CPS 17328
  • Creep Resistant Zinc Alloy Development: CPS 1190 (PDF 111 KB)
  • Development of Elevated Temperature Aluminum MMC Alloy and Process Technology (E-SMARRT): CPS 17328
  • Grain Refinement of Permanent Mold Cast Copper-Base Alloys: CPS 1500 (PDF 141 KB)
  • Improvement in Die Design to Improve Die Life as Affected by Thermal Fatigue Cracking, Erosion and Soldering (E-SMARRT): CPS 17328
  • Innovative Semi-Solid Metal (SSM) Processing (E-SMARRT): CPS 17328
  • The Development of Surface Engineered Coating Systems for Aluminum Pressure Die Casting Dies: Towards a "Smart" Die Coating (E-SMARRT): CPS 17328 (PDF 113 KB)

Mining

  • Castcon Process for Mining Applications (PDF 448 KB)
  • Fibrous Monolithic Composites as Wear Resistant Components for Mining: CPS 1620 (PDF 650 KB)
  • Metal-Matrix Composites and Thermal Spray Coatings for Mining Machines: CPS 1618 (PDF 1.2 MB)