Objective The main objective is the development of significantly improved alumina ceramics with an extremely reduced grain size, having the following properties: very high mechanical strength (approx. 700 MPa instead of approx. 300 MPa now), high transparency (conventional alumina ceramics is only translucent or opaque), improved corrosion resistance (e.g. against metal halides), having a complex hollow shape (now only cylindrical shapes are possible). The improved material will solve problems in existing applications (e.g. metal halide lamps) and will lead to new applications such as scratch-resistant windows for bar-code scanners (now sapphire). Metal halide lamps with improved alumina ceramics will enable to replace energy-wasting halogen lamps on a larger scale which is not possible now. This can lead to substantial energy savings up to 7 billion KWh in Europe which correspond to one big power station of 4.5 million tons CO2. Fields of science agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturegrains and oilseedsnatural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistryhalogensengineering and technologymaterials engineeringceramics Programme(s) FP5-GROWTH - Programme for research technological development and demonstration on "Competitive and sustainable growth 1998-2002" Topic(s) 1.1.3.-5. - RTD Activities of a Generic Nature : materials and their technologies for production and transformation and new and improved materials and production technologies in the steel field Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator N/A EU contribution No data Address See on map Total cost No data Participants (5) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all BAIKOWSKI CHIMIE SA France EU contribution No data Address Avenue des Romains 13 74001 ANNECY See on map Total cost No data BODYCOTE IMT NV Belgium EU contribution No data Address 7,Industriepark-Noord 7 9100 SAINT-NICOLAS See on map Total cost No data FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM KARLSRUHE GMBH - TECHNIK UND UMWELT Germany EU contribution No data Address 76021 KARLSRUHE See on map Total cost No data FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.* Germany EU contribution No data Address 28,Winterbergstraße 28 01277 WEISSIG - DRESDEN See on map Total cost No data SCANTECH B.V. Netherlands EU contribution No data Address Uraniumweg 23 3812 RJ AMERSFOORT See on map Total cost No data
