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Lightweight armor system and process for producing the same

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1174690

A lightweight armor system may comprise a substrate having a graded metal matrix composite layer formed thereon by thermal spray deposition. The graded metal matrix composite layer comprises an increasing volume fraction of ceramic particles imbedded in a decreasing volume fraction of a metal matrix as a function of a thickness of the graded metal matrix composite layer. A ceramic impact layer is affixed to the graded metal matrix composite layer.

Research Organization:
Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC07-94ID13223
Assignee:
Bechtel BWXT Idaho LLC (Idaho Falls, ID)
Patent Number(s):
6,679,157
Application Number:
10/053,852
OSTI ID:
1174690
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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