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July 25, 2008
Research and Development. Sandia's primary mission is to provide engineering support for the nations's nuclear weapons stockpile. Over the past five decades, new technologies and innovations that meet national security needs have arisen with amazing applications for business and industry...
photo of decon foam

Decon foam:
Sandia scientist Maher Tadros displays his Discover Award-winning decontaminating foam for neutralizing chemical and biological agents.

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Micro Chem Lab

µChemLab:
A fully self-contained, portable, hand-held chemical analysis system incorporating “lab on a chip” technologies—our µChemLab system utilizes micro-fabricated substrates to provide sensitive devices with fast response times in a low power, compact package.

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Explosive Destruction System

Explosive Destruction System (EDS):
The EDS containment vessel is resistant to corrosion, allowing it to treat a wide variety of munitions. Recent tests showed its efficacy in treating simulated bio agents in addition to the originally envisioned use for chemical agents.

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photo of Sandia engineering Mark Zimmerman integrating a hydride bed with temperature monitoring sensors

GM joins with Sandia to advance hydrogen storage:
General Motors Corporation and Sandia have launched a partnership to design and test an advanced method for storing hydrogen based on metal hydrides.

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photo of Sandia researcher Dave Hannum demonstrating use of the Hound system on a bag of white powder

Sandia ‘Hound’ system:
On a South Texas highway local police and border agents are using a hand-held sniffer developed at Sandia to help stem the flow of illegal drugs northward into the U.S.

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Optical innovator:
Sandia researcher Jonathan Weiss uses light fibers in clever ways to test car batteries, determine landfill leakage, and help oil companies separate oil from water.

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Photo of a MEMS test unit sits under the black box that contains its atmosphere. The gold plates beside it are wiring sites. Next to the device, for size comparisons, are grains of table salt.

MEMS:
Sandia gas sampling device rapidly determines whether MEMS (microeletromechanical) seals are effective. Pictued next to the MEMS test unit are grains of table salt for size comparison.

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photo of a modern mechanical polycentric knee

Advanced electronic knee prosthesis:
The result of a cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) between Sandia and the Ohio Willow Wood Company. One version of a modern mechanical polycentric knee. It weighs 1.37 pounds, is 4.12 inches high. Its lower bases is 2 x 2 inches, and upper 3 x 2.5 inches.

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