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Laser-based profilometry systems have also been applied for nondestructive testing and measurement of both smooth-bore and rifled gun tubes. Working through Small Business Innovation Research program, the U.S. Army has developed laser-based profilometry systems for the inspection of the 120mm cannon used on the MI-Al Abrams main battle tank. Systems have also been built to measure the erosion of 25 mm and 155 mm rifled gun tubes. 

Military Pyrotechnics, AMCP 706-185 to 189, Engineering Design Handbook Series, U.S. Army Material Command (AMC), Alexandria, Va., 1974. 

D. Burrows, Eiterature Eeview of the Toxicity ofEDX and HMX, U.S. Army Medical and Bioengineering Research and Development Lab., Washington, D.C., 1973. 

E. T. Kristoff andj. y Hazards ylnalysis Study of the Continuous TNT Manufacturing Plants, U.S. Army Radford Ammunition Plant,... 

M. E. Lackey, Utilisation of Energetic Materials in an Industrial Combustor, AMXTHE-TE-R 85003, U.S. Army Toxic and Ha2ardous Materials Agency, Edgewood, Md.,June 1985. 

P. E. Eaton, in S. Iyer, ed.. Proceedings of the Ninth Annual Working Group Institute on the Synthesis of High Energy Density Materials, U.S. Army, ARDEC, Picatinny Arsenal, N.J., June 90. 

Continuous Solvent—Extrusion Process. A schematic for a typical continuous process, widely used for making solvent propellant for cannons, is shown in Figure 7. This continuous process produces ca 1100 metric tons of single-base propellant per month at the U.S. Army Ammunition Plant (Radford, Virginia). Continuous processes have also been developed for double- and triple-base propellants and for stick as well as granular geometries. A principal aspect of these processes has been the extensive use of single- and double-screw extmders instead of the presses used in the batch process. 

Propellants," under "Explosives and Propellants," in ECT3rd ed., Vol. 9, pp. 620—671, by V. Lindner, U.S. Army Armament Research and Development Command. 

C. H. Wheeler, Foamed Plastics, U.S. Army Natick Labs and Committee on Foamed Plastics, U.S. Dept. Comm. Office Tech. Serv. PB Rept. 181576, Apr. 22-23, 1963, p. 164. 

Dextran. This polysaccharide is produced from sucrose by certain species of l euconostoc (70). Dextran [9004-54-0] was the first commercial microbial polysaccharide. It was used as a blood plasma extender in the U.S. Army during the late 1940s and early 1950s. This program was discontinued in 1955. 

One of the principal advantages of hydrides for hydrogen storage is safety (25). As part of a study to determine the safety of the iron—titanium—manganese metal hydride storage system, tests were conducted in conjunction with the U.S. Army (26). These tests simulated the worst possible conditions resulting from a serious coUision and demonstrated that the metal hydride vessels do not explode. 

U. S. Army Materiel Command, Engineering Design Handbooks-Development Guide forReliability, Part 2 Design for Reliability (AMCP 706-196) Part 3 Reliability Prediction (AMCP 706-197) Part 4 Reliability Measurement (AMCP 706-298), National Technical Information Service, Springfield, Va., 1976. 

American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists P.O. Box 12215 Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 Inter-Society Color Council U.S. Army Natick R D Center Att STRNC-ITC Natick, Mass. 01760 Friction Materials Friction Materials Standards Institute E210, Route 4 Paramus, NJ 07652 Feather Tanners Council of America 2501 M Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20037... 

H. S. Savage and R. G. McCormack, Arc Sprayed Coatings for Electromagnetic Pulse Protection, USA-CERL Technical Report M-89 /15, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Washington, D.C., 1989. 

Aircraft Reactors. As early as World War II, the U.S. Army Air Force considered the use of a nuclear reactor for the propulsion of aircraft (62—64). In 1946 the nuclear energy for propulsion of aircraft (NEPA) program was set up at Oak Ridge, under Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation. Basic theoretical and experimental studies were carried out. The emphasis was on materials. A high temperature reactor was built and operated successfiiUy. 

Package Power Reactors. Several small, compact power reactor plants were developed dufing the period 1957—1962 by the U.S. Army for use ia remote locations. Designed by Alco Products, Inc., the PWRs produced electrical power of about 1 MW along with space heat for military bases. 

Engineering Design Handbook, Military Pyrotechnics Series, Part One, Theory and Application, AMCP 706-185, U.S. Army Materiel Command, Washiagton, D.C., Apr. 1967, pp. 6-38. 

T. R. Sweeney, M Survey of Compoundsfrom the Hntiradiation Drug Development Program of the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, D.C., 1979. 

E. A. Grame and T. C. Bowen, Jr., U.S. Army / Environmental Protection Mgengy Ke-Kefmed Engine Oil Program, AFLRL Report No. 98, U.S. Army MERADCOM, Ft. Belvoir, Va, 1978. 

M. J. Rosenfield, Construction of Experimental Polyvinyl Chloride (PHC) Koofing U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Champaign, Dl., 1984. 

U.S. Army Natick Research, Development, Engineering Center... 

N. Weber andj. T. Kummer, Proceedings of the 21 stMnnual Power Sources Conference, U.S. Army, Electronics Command, Adantic City, N.J., 1967, pp. 37-39. 

M. C. Bek, Fisheries Handbook of Engineering Fequirements and Biological Criteria, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, North Pacific Division, Portiand, Ore., 1991. 

E. J. Bouwer and G. D. Cobb, In Situ Groundwater Treatment Technology EsingBiodegradation, U.S. Army Toxic and Hazardous Materials Agency, Report AMXTH-TE-CR-88023, Washington, D.C., 1987. 

Quarpel is an important combination of fluorochemical finish and resin-based extender developed by the U.S. Army Natick Laboratories for military use. This finish typicaUy contains 4—6 wt % commercial fluorochemical emulsion, 4—6 wt % resin-based repeUent emulsion, 0.1 wt % acetic acid, and 5 wt % isopropyl alcohol. If necessary, the formulation includes a catalyst to cross-link the resin-based component. Quarpel specifications demand exceUent initial water and oU repeUency and exceUent durabUity to washing and dry cleaning. 

Emymatic Hydrolysis of Cellulose to Glucose—A Report on the Natick Program, U.S. Army, Natick Research and Development Command, Natick, Mass., Sept. 1981. 

E. J. Rizzo, Electrostatic Phenomena in Textiles and Clothing Systems, U.S. Army Natick Laboratories, Natick, Mass., Oct. 1973. 

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