Lockheed Idaho Technologies Company, P.O. Box 1625, Idaho Falls, ID 83415-3521

A -- REACTIVE SINTERING SOL Cbd1799 DUE 041599 POC Paul Grahovac WEB: Idaho National Engineering & Environmental Laboratory, http://www.inel.gov/procurement/litco/index.htm. E-MAIL: Paul Grahovac, pg2@inel.gov. A -- Reactive sintering for iron aluminide alloy coatings and joints. U. S. Patent Number 5,350,107. This is a potential technology development and licensing opportunity with Lockheed Martin Idaho Technologies Company (LMITCO), the prime operating contractor for the Department of Energy at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL). Intermetallic iron aluminide alloys, such as Fe3Al, have been of long-standing interest because of their excellent abrasive wear resistance, corrosion and sulfidation resistance, oxidation resistance and resistance to cavitation erosion. Application of ion aluminides in industry has been hampered by brittle behavior at room temperature and insufficient strength at elevated temperature. However, some advances in alloy development and processing have somewhat improved ductility and elevated temperature strength. Conventional methods of processing iron aluminides, such as Fe3Al, include casting, hot rolling, and powder metallurgical processing. A recently developed alternative processing method is reactive sintering. Here, reactive sintering or self-propagating high temperature synthesis is utilized. The advantages of reactive sintering include inexpensive and easily compacted powder starting materials, low processing temperatures, and flexibility in composition and micro-structure control, including the ability to incorporate particulate reinforcements. The process uses an exothermic reaction between elemental powders to form the intermetallic. LMITCO is seeking a written indication of interest from industry partners interested in funding a collaborative technology development project and/or entering into a license agreement for the purpose of developing and commercializing this technology. License terms will include an up-front licensing fee and a running royalty based on a percentage of sales. This is not an opportunity to provide goods or services to LMITCO or the Department of Energy. This Request for Interest (RFI) will close to response 30 days after publication. Interested parties should send e-mail to pg2@inel.gov (Paul Grahovac, Account Executive, Technology Transfer Office, LMITCO). If you do not have e-mail access, send regular mail to Paul Grahovac, Account Executive, Technology Transfer Office, LMITCO, P. O. Box 1625, Idaho Falls, ID 83415-3805. Posted 03/17/99 (W-SN309655). (0076)

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