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Historical Overview of the Army Contributions to Phosphazene Chemistry

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The search for new elastomeric materials with a service capability over a wide temperature range and for improved fire-resistant materials formed the basis for the Army interest in polyphosphazenes. The Army Watertown phosphazene program established important working relationships with government and industrial interests, and leading academic scientists. The Watertown laboratory, along with the Army Research Office, supported not only the fundamental research exploring the synthesis and properties of this new class of inorganic polymers, but also the development of polyphosphazenes and phosphazene fluids for the Army, Navy, other government, and commercial applications.

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The Army Research Laboratory at Watertown was closed in August 1995 and the operations were transferred to Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD.

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Singler, R.E. Historical Overview of the Army Contributions to Phosphazene Chemistry. J Inorg Organomet Polym 16, 307–309 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10904-006-9070-7

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