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New Nano Powder Technology

Cindi Prorok (cindi@argonide.com)
Mon, 02 Mar 1998 03:26:46 -0500 

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I am a researcher at a new company called Argonide
Corporation.  Argonide manufacturers a  new
product line of energetic, nanosize metal
powders.  They are manufactured by the
"electro-explosion" of a metal wire. Our nanosize
powders are energetic reactants that offer  new
approaches in a wide variety of applications
including rocket propulsion, electronics,
organometallics, and catalysis.

Propellants can burn better with our nanoaluminum,
which we call "Alex".   Hydrocarbon fuels such as
kerosene are used as fuels in many of NASA's
liquid propulsion engines, where the hydrocarbon
is burned with liquid oxygen.  Over the past 60
years efforts to increase the energy density of
the hydrocarbon by adding aluminum haven't been
successful because the aluminum agglomerates as
the hydrocarbon burns.  Argonide has been awarded
a NASA funded study to determine whether our
powders can avoid this defect.  Similarly, Alex
will increase the burning rate of solid
propellants.  The NASA program would also
determine the feasibility of using "Alex", gelled
into water, which will burn producing hydrogen at
about 2700 C.  Water base gels, when mixed with
Alex form a putty-like composition that can be
ignited and will burn as rapidly as solid
propellants, eliminating  the need for cryogenic
storage and for a second fluid pumping system.
This monopropellant would be attractive for small,
volume limited engines.

Research and testing performed by Los Alamos
National Labs, Sandia and the National Renewable
Energy Laboratory are finding many different and
unusual applications for these powders such as
bonding of conducting metals to semiconductors,
glass and ceramics.  The unusual crystallographic
structure of these powders suggest their use as
catalysts and as reactants in producing
organometallics.


I recently finished designing Argonide's new web
site, and since Jan. 15, we have had over 1600
hits.  Much of the interest is from the US.,
Israel, Germany, UK. and the Netherlands.

 I am now contacting  materials research  and new
technology organizations that might mention our
new site on their web pages.  I would appreciate
if you would visit our site at
http://www.argonide.com
I do believe that you will find it to be very
interesting and informative.

If you can provide any advice on how I may further
market our products, I would greatly appreciate
it.
I can be reached via e-mail at cindi@argonide.com
Thanks very much,

Cindi Prorok - Research & Web Design





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I am a researcher at a new company called Argonide Corporation.  Argonide manufacturers a  new product line of energetic, nanosize metal powders.  They are manufactured by the "electro-explosion" of a metal wire. Our nanosize powders are energetic reactants that offer  new approaches in a wide variety of applications including rocket propulsion, electronics, organometallics, and catalysis.

Propellants can burn better with our nanoaluminum, which we call "Alex".   Hydrocarbon fuels such as kerosene are used as fuels in many of NASA's liquid propulsion engines, where the hydrocarbon is burned with liquid oxygen.  Over the past 60 years efforts to increase the energy density of the hydrocarbon by adding aluminum haven't been successful because the aluminum agglomerates as the hydrocarbon burns.  Argonide has been awarded a NASA funded study to determine whether our powders can avoid this defect.  Similarly, Alex will increase the burning rate of solid propellants.  The NASA program would also determine the feasibility of using "Alex", gelled into water, which will burn producing hydrogen at about 2700 C.  Water base gels, when mixed with Alex form a putty-like composition that can be ignited and will burn as rapidly as solid propellants, eliminating  the need for cryogenic storage and for a second fluid pumping system. This monopropellant would be attractive for small, volume limited engines.

Research and testing performed by Los Alamos National Labs, Sandia and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory are finding many different and unusual applications for these powders such as bonding of conducting metals to semiconductors, glass and ceramics.  The unusual crystallographic structure of these powders suggest their use as catalysts and as reactants in producing organometallics.
 

I recently finished designing Argonide's new web site, and since Jan. 15, we have had over 1600 hits.  Much of the interest is from the US., Israel, Germany, UK. and the Netherlands.

 I am now contacting  materials research  and new technology organizations that might mention our new site on their web pages.  I would appreciate if you would visit our site at  http://www.argonide.com
I do believe that you will find it to be very interesting and informative.

If you can provide any advice on how I may further market our products, I would greatly appreciate it.
I can be reached via e-mail at cindi@argonide.com
Thanks very much,

Cindi Prorok - Research & Web Design
 
 
 
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