U.S. Army TACOM-ARDEC, AMSTA-AR-PC, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ 07806-5000

A -- UNSOLICITED PROPOSAL SOL DAAE30-97-R-9999 DUE 042397 POC Marc McCloud, Contracting Officer, 201-724-3090 E-MAIL: James Huff, jhuff@pica.army.mil. This is a notice of intent to place a contract with Stevens Institute of Technology (SIT), for an unsolicited proposal to provide a device from SIT highly filled materials institute to quantitatively measure the quality of mixing in highly solids filled suspensions. The mean particles size of the solids may vary from 1to 250 micron. The device will use wide angle x-ray diffraction. The volume fractions of the components will be measured over varying scales and the measurements compared to determine how uniformly the material is mixed. Application will be investigations as to how variations in manufacture affect the micro structure of propellants, explosives and pyrotechnics. The device will be used in related investigations to determine the relationship between micro structure and performance. No solicitation or document is available and no contract will be awarded solely upon the basis of information submitted in response to this synopsis. See Note 22. (0098)

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