As a result of its research and development efforts for a new thermal protection material to test on the X-33 and X-34 supersonic aircraft, Ames Research Center invented the Protective Ceramic Coating Material (PCCM). Emisshield Inc. in Blacksburg, Virginia, licensed the technology and now provides more than 20 different products for hydrocarbon and chemical processing, power generation, metal production, glass making, and baking. Read the full story from the NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) here: http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20120001876; for additional NASA documents on thermal protection materials, check out the NTRS: http://go.usa.gov/4ED4. To learn more about the NASA Spinoff publication, visit http://spinoff.nasa.gov.

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