Accession Number:

ADA280252

Title:

SITALL-A Crystallized Glass Candidate Armor Material

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. 1 Oct 1993-15 Jan 1994

Corporate Author:

KLIMAN (MORTON) NEWTON MA

Personal Author(s):

• Kliman, Morton

Report Date:

1994-05-01

Pagination or Media Count:

15.0

Abstract:

A highly crystallized glass candidate armor material known as SITALL has been prepared in plate form suitable for ballistic test and evaluation in complex composite armor systems designed to defeat chemical and kinetic energy threats. Two comparative test formulations of SITALLs were synthesized and characterized as to pertinent chemical and physical properties. The significance of this work is that it indicates the need to further develop crystallized glass formulations which result in crystalline phases which exhibit improved hardness values over those already achieved in these systems. Glass, Crystallized glass, Ceramic.

Descriptors:

• *GLASS
• *CERAMIC MATERIALS
• *COMPOSITE ARMOR
• TEST AND EVALUATION
• ARMOR
• THREATS
• CHEMICALS
• PLATES
• KINETICS
• ARMOR PLATE
• HARDNESS
• BALLISTICS
• VALUE
• KINETIC ENERGY
• PHASE
• PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
• MATERIALS
• FORMULATIONS
• ENERGY

Subject Categories:

• Ceramics, Refractories and Glass
• Armor

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE