Accession Number:

ADA370151

Title:

High Thermal Conductivity Composite Structures

Descriptive Note:

Draft rept. May-Oct 99

Corporate Author:

XC ASSOCIATES INC BERLIN NY

Personal Author(s):

• Bootle, John

Report Date:

1999-10-20

Pagination or Media Count:

16.0

Abstract:

The work accomplished in this SBIR project demonstrated that the addition of boron nitride BN powder to a composite laminate significantly increases the through the thickness thermal conductivity Kz of a composite laminate. The importance of this work is that the improved Kz results in significantly lower operating temperatures for thermal applications such as composite thermal planes and space based radiators.

Descriptors:

• *COMPOSITE STRUCTURES
• *THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY
• THERMAL PROPERTIES
• THICKNESS
• COMPOSITE MATERIALS
• LAMINATES
• RADIATORS(GENERAL)
• BORON NITRIDES
• SPACE BASED

Subject Categories:

• Laminates and Composite Materials
• Thermodynamics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE