Containerless Research, Inc., a Niche Science Enterprise

CRI filled a science niche in the study of high temperature materials that required new instruments that can eliminate the need for reactive containers and make non-contact measurements at extreme temperatures. In its own research and through collaborations that employed CRI instruments, contamination-free materials synthesis and processing at temperatures up to 3000K and measurements on liquid metals at temperatures greater than 4000K were made. The talk will discuss the historical basis for this work, the scientists that made it possible, some of the results, and ideas that facilitated project funding and instrument sales at this small business science enterprise.