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A -- CONTAMINATION ANALYSIS UNIT AVAILABLE FOR COLLABORATION AND/OR LICENSING: A NEAR REAL-TIME CLEANLINESS PROCESS CONTROL TECHNOLOGY For further information, contact Industrial Partnerships & Commercialization, at (510) 423-3139. Announcement The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), operated by the University of California under contract with the Department of Energy, is seeking industrial collaborators to commercialize a cleanliness verification instrument developed at LLNL. The Contamination Analysis Unit (CAU) enables process or manufacturing engineers to monitor volatile and semivolatile surface contamination levels on parts during cleaning operations. The technology uses vacuum and thermal disorption with mass spectrometry detection. The feedback from this instrument can help reduce waste generation and air emissions caused by over- or under-cleaning and eliminate certain types of pollution in various industries. The University of California's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory can license technology through limited exclusive or nonexclusive licensing agreements. By moving critical Technology beyond the Laboratory and into the commercial realm, LLNL helps its U.S. licensees gain a competitive edge in the marketplace. All projects will be conducted under policies of strict nondisclosure of company proprietary information. Equipment manufacturers in the following industries or product areas who are interested in jointly developing and commercializing the CAU technology are invited to partcipate: mass spectrometry instrumentation or vacuum equipment, instrumentation, automotive, electronic, and aerospace. Interested parties should respond to this announcement with a short (two-page maximum) description of their company history, their expertise in this technological area, and their present position in the market. Please be specific in discussing any resources that the company would consider using to bring this product to market. (174)

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