Abstract: A chemical laser including a laser pump which is relatively lightweight with no moving parts is provided. This produces a low pressure, regenerable, closed system for treating laser cavity exhaust gases to remove (i.e., pump) them from the system.The exhaust gases which emerge from the laser cavity of the chemical laser are pumped by a combination of condensation, cryogenic adsorption, and by reaction preferably with titanium, titanium-zirconium alloys, zirconium, tantalum, etc. These exhaust gases include hydrogen, deuterium and their halides, the halogens, oxygen, CO.sub.2, nitrogen and H.sub.2 O. This obviates the requirements for heavy equipment normally employed to produce a high vacuum in the laser cavity.

Abstract: A process for producing improved chemical laser absorbent materials by prpitating the chemical laser absorbent materials of metal from liquid anhydrous ammonia at very low temperature to produce an absorbent material that has a high surface area and when desired to deposit the chemical absorbent material on a substrate material in the process of precipitating the absorbent material from the liquid ammonia. The chemical metal absorbent material is adapted for containment of the effluent gases from a chemical laser and the substrate when used absorbs the heat of reaction.

Abstract: A chemical laser including a laser pump which is relativey lightweight with no moving parts is provided. This produces a low pressure, regenerable, closed system for treating laser cavity exhaust gases to remove (i.e., pump) them from the system.The exhaust gases which emerge from the laser cavity of the chemical laser are pumped by reacting them preferably with titanium, titanium-zirconium alloys, zirconium, tantalum, etc. These gases include hydrogen, deuterium and their halides, the halogens, oxygen, CO.sub.2, nitrogen and H.sub.2 O. This obviates the requirements for heavy equipment normally employed to produce a high vacuum in the laser cavity.

Abstract: This invention relates to high-temperature, oxidation-resistant refractory materials or alloys and to a method of preparing said alloys which have an outer skin containing at least one noble metal, e.g., platinum, and/or silver, in amounts greater than the amount of noble metal present in the alloy beneath said skin. The alloy comprises at least one noble metal selected from the group consisting of platinum, gold, silver, rhodium, iridium and palladium. The noble metal is added in amounts ranging from 0.1 to 15% by weight of the total composition to hafnium or to hafnium containing from about 0 to 50% by weight of zirconium, and heated to temperatures ranging from about 1000.degree.F to 3800.degree.F in an oxidizing atmosphere.