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M-ERA.NET Transnational Call 2013

Pre ProposalECO-CERAMIC COMPOSITES MANUFACTURING FROM

INDUSTRIAL WASTES RECYCLING BY MICROWAVE TECHNOLOGY

Project Acronym:ECOCER-MW

Project Coordinator:

(organisation and country):

CALORIS GROUP SA UC!AR"S#

RO$A%IA

Each partner is requested to contact the respective national/reional!undin orani"ation #e!ore su#$ission

Refer to Guide for Proposers when filling out this form.To be completed by the Project Coordinator only.

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1. Summary 3

Project Summary 3

Relevance to funding programmes (for eachnational/regional funding programme)

2. onsortium !escription

3. Project !escription

". ost alculation

#. !isseminations and $%ploitation

&. $thical 'ssue

. heclist for Proposers

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1.&'MMAR(

Acron)$/&hort na$e EC*CER-M+

,roposal ull Na$e ECO-CERAMIC COMPOSITES MANUFACTURING

FROM INDUSTRIAL WASTES RECYCLING BY

MICROWAVE TECHNOLOGY

,roect Coordinator*ame+ Sorin Pasat

e,mail+ contact-caloris.ro

oordinatorrganiation

(full name inoriginal language/

name in $nglish)

riginal 0anguage+ 0R'SRP S

$nglish+ 0R'S RP S

ountry/Region

Romania

ddress

Soseaua 4erceni no.5 6el+ 77".721.3322882

9a%+ 77".721.3322517Postal code ($!$:) 7"181"

ity 4;R$S6


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,roect &u$$ar)

ECOCER-MW project aims to demonstrate the technically feasible alternative to use the rapid

and clean microwave technique to recycle industrial wastes (from Romania and taly! from

ener"y industry (coal ashes! and metallur"y (steelma#in" sla"! some of which havin" yet no use

in Europe$ even worldwide% &he proposed approach will demonstrates innovative technolo"ies to

recycle wastes into hi"h added value products which create the possibility for a widespread use

within the E'$ facin" the same environmental problem &he project epects to achieve ceramic

composites (includin" bul# nucleated "lass ceramics! for architectural or insulator applications%

)erivative objectives are*

+! development of unconventional techniques (MW! to manufacture micro and,or nano

structured ceramics to be used at industrial level* improvement of microwave technolo"y

adapted to ceramic micro and nano-composites processin" for further industrial use conception

and desi"n of a microwave furnace dedicated to ceramic composites sinterin"$

.! simulatin" modellin" the microwave heatin" process for the ceramic and ceramic composites

to be manufactured by usin" industrial waste in order to etend at laboratory level the

manufacturin" of advanced ceramic composites%

/!Reducin" the "ap between the thematic approach of 0waste mana"ement1 in our countryies

and European level$ in terms of the application of the results in practice by a sustained campai"n

to promote products and technolo"y%

2! &o prove si"nificant natural resources savin" (up to 345! and ener"y usa"e reduction (up to

.45! based on the quantitative and qualitative potential of the tar"eted wastes$ in order to

establish a sustainable waste mana"ement%

'nconventional techniques (MW! main advanta"es are*

fast$ clean and reduced ener"y efficient processin" (MW! technolo"ies$

speedin" up the sinterin" process (within minutes!

hi"h heatin" rates and a more uniformly distribution of the adsorbed ener"y all

over the material$ while ener"y loss occurs only at the surface (sample is hotter inside$

colder at the surface!

nanosi6e or nanostructure tailorin" while avoidin" coarsenin" which

accompanies standard densification routes

low ener"etic consumption (over /45 less! which promotes a "ood ratio

quality,price of the products reali6ed by this route%

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&he project objectiveswill be solved by a consortium of one research institute (7M8- Ro!$ one

university (UNITO) and two SMEs (ICEM SA and CALORIS Grop SA) as a source of

scientific and applicative epertise will promote$ in every step of activity$ the deep use of

#nowled"e$ techniques and advanced materials in both Romanian and talian economical and

social medium$ with the purpose of becomin" competitive and outstandin" reco"ni6ed on

international scale%

T!e proposed nconventiona" #reen rapid tec!no"o#$ wi"" "ower t!e price o% t!e vitreos

cera&ic co&posites %or varios indstria" app"ications wit! ' based on increasin# t!e

c!e&ica" corrosion resistance wit! &ini&& *+,

t should be emphasi6ed the app"icative %eatreof the proposal throu"h the stron" commitment

of two SMEs- (C9:OR;


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Relevance to !undin prora$$es!or each o! the involved national/reional !undin

prora$$e

Austify


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micro and nano technolo"ies$ production processes and technolo"ies% &he specific objectives for

Call .4+/ are increasin" syner"y$ support for innovation chain$ international cooperation$

multidisciplinarity and socio-ecolo"ical benefits and are tar"eted by this proposal under the

topic* 0Co&positeTec!no"o#$., Cooperation between industry and academia (echan"e of

researchers! and international cooperation are addressed by this proposal%

&his wor# requires a European approach to effectively address the environmental,technolo"ical

problems aimed in the proposal% &he si6e of the problems and etended compleity of the

involved technolo"ies$ require a European level cooperation% &hese factors limit the re"ional or

national approach in two ways*

i% t is difficult to find in one European re"ion the whole set of capabilities needed to develop

new processes for turnin" a waste into a product%

ii% &he pro"ress of real industrially applied solutions need a sufficiently lar"e mar#et that

justify the investment associated with R&)%

&herefore$ addressin" this project from a European point of view with a wide set of resources

(human and technolo"ical! will lead to an optimised solution% 9dditionally$ the eploitation of

the project results will stron"ly depend on the mar#et that can be reached% &his commercial

application base can only be "enerated and sustained at this early sta"e of development by the

ran"e of mar#ets and industrial concerns available throu"hout Europe%

Re"ardin" the trans-national cooperation$ the consortium is composed by partners comin" from .

E' countries% &he resources provided by each industrial partner are necessary to the completion

of the project$ and therefore it is planned a clear transnational cooperation between these

industrial and R&) partners% ?urthermore$ the consortium is loo#in" to establish cross-border

lin#s$ which are important to both social and economic cohesion of the E' as well as to the

competitiveness of the European industry%

Challen"es and correspondin" tar"ets$ operational objectives and actions accordin" to the

macroeconomic$ microeconomic and employment "uidelines of the :isbon$ as well as the

environmental "uidelines of the


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Re"evance to nationa" %ndin# pro#ra&s

ecause of the above-mentioned "oals$ which inherently imply syner"ies and cooperationbetween industries and research institutions$ the present proposal is in line with the objectives of

the talian fundin" pro"ramme ?R;&% ;imilar considerations apply for the Romanian

pro"rammeD%%

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*ranisation

,artner na$e

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Coordinator C*

0R'S RP S

,artner 1%

=etallurgicalResearch 'nstitute,

'$= S

,artner 2%

National nstituteo! Materials

,h)siscsNM, ucharest

,artner 3%

niversita degliStudi di 6orino

6ype of the projectC E% 9 E% E% 9 9

0egal Status1 ;ME ;ME-RE; RE; FE

=ain focus2 9pplied research 9pplied research 9pplied research 9pplied research

De?sitehttp+

www%caloris%rowww%icem%ro

www%infim%ro www%unito%it

Region/ ountry Romania Romania Romania taly

rganisation

registration num?er3 +/G3H3GI 23IJ3/ I4GJ.J4 4.4II3344+4

Sie ($mployees)" .4 2. .34 /+++

6urnover (@E)" /HI%J24

Contact

,erson

6itle/*ameEn"% ;orin 8asat

)r%Eni#o

Kolceanov

)r%Carmen

8lapcianu

)r% Marco

&ruccato

6elephone 442-4.+//..II. 442-4.+..4334G 442-4.+/GI4+J3 /I-4++GH4H/H2

e,mailcontactLcaloris%ro

evolceanovLmetal%

icem%ro

carmen%plapcianu

Linfim%ro

marco%truccatoL

unito%it

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*ranisation

Person contacted inthe fundingorganisation#

Mircea ;e"arceanu

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Mircea ;e"arceanu

'E?;C)

Mircea

;e"arceanu

'E?;C)

9lberto

Martuscelli -

M'R9unding Programmefull name&

M-ER9%7E&

&ransnational

Call .4+/

M-ER9%7E&

&ransnational

Call .4+/

M-ER9%7E&

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M-ER9%7E&

&ransnational

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+;$,niversity> R$S,Research rganisation> S=$,Small medium enterprise> '*!,large companies> 6;,

thers. (according national rules). =ain focus of research activit) 4ithin the proect (?asic research or applied research> according to

national rules)/ t is stronl) reco$$ended to contact M-ERA.NET contact person in )our reion/countr)a?out

registration num?er (F6 num?er or other Registration num?er).2 only for companies3

t is stronl) reco$$ended to contact M-ERA.NET contact person in )our reion/countr)for further

information a?out funding rules> prior to the su?mission of a pre,proposal. http%//444.$-era.netG *ame of the funding programme for


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2. *SR6'= !$SR'P6'*Coordinator (CO)- SC CALORIS Grop SA 0c!arest1 Ro&ania1 www,ca"oris,ro1

Ro"e in t!e project- C9:OR;


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development of intelli"ent micro-controller with distributed lo"ic that allows control

and monitorin" of industrial process measurements%

C9:OR; s laboratories are equipped to carry

out hi"h level research on every sta"e of the ceramics production processin"% oth traditional

and modern shapin" techniques are employed for the production of "reen bodies with simple or

intricate shape% Ceramic manufacturin" facilities include also hi"h-technolo"y furnaces$ powder

synthesis equipment by wet chemistry route$ surface area and porosity analy6er ;orptomatic

(measurements up to nanoroporous!$ ;pectrophotometer 'K-Kis ;himad6u R)$ R?

(8analytical!$ Chemical labs (fully equipped! Fi"h temperature furnaces (up to +J44 PC$ with

"as flow capability!% n addition$ a number of hi"h technolo"y analytical techniques are available

for physical-chemical$ microstructural$ mechanical stren"ths characteri6ations$ ceramic corrosion

resistance tests for metal,"lass smelts$ thermal shoc# resistance$ refractoriness$ abrasion tests$

etc% &he team leader$ )r% E%Kolceanov has more than .3 years of eperience in research wor# and

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http://www.icem.ro/http://www.icem.ro/


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academic teachin" focused on* ceramic powders synthesis and characteri6ation formulation of

dense and porous ceramic-ceramic composites$ hi"h refractoriness$ thermal shoc# resistance$

corrosion resistance! ecoceramics compositions desi"n from industrial silicate waste (coal fly

ash$ oil drillin" slud"e$ metallur"ical sla"s$ "lass cullets and fibres! and mineralo"icalcharacterisation of ceramic materials% )r% C%Coman will investi"ate the mechanical and ceramic

properties of the developed materials% Chem%En"%M%Ene will investi"ate by R? the chemical

composition of startin" ceramic powders$ wastes and sintered ceramic bodies )ipl% En"%

?%Qaman is epert in eco-metallur"y and )ipl%En"$ :%8opescu is epert in environmental ris#s

analysis in metallur"y%

3artner (3 )- Nationa" Institte %or Materia"s 3!$sics NIM31 www,in%i&,ro

Ro"e in t!e project- NIM3 was established in )ecember +IIG by


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are obtained via -Ray diffraction (R)! at normal or small an"le incidence% &he thermal

stability will be investi"ated by comple thermal analysis methods ();C-&


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Tea& 2a"i%ication in t!e %ie"d o% proposa"- &he talian team has a vast epertisein the field of

microwave processin"$ from simple compounds up to or"anic and inor"anic comple materials%

9s an interdisciplinary team$ it has been producin" and characteri6in" both dielectric and

superconductin" materials for more than +3 years with MW techniques% Moreover$ it has alsosuccessfully modelled the heatin" effect due to radiation absorption at a microscopic level$ even

for very anisotropic materials%

&he team leader$ )r% Marco &ruccato$ has more than .4 years of eperience in ;olid ;tate

8hysics and will perform the modellin" wor# with the help of a research fellow to be recruited

for the project% )r% 9n"elo 9"ostino has more than +3 years of eperience in Chemistry of

Materials and will carry out eperiments on the microwave furnace% ased on this combined

bac#"round$ the team is an ideal position to develop and validate the theoretical approach to the

problem by modellin" the microwave heatin" process of the ceramic composites to be

manufactured from industrial wastes% oth eperimental and theoretical epertise will lead to

optimal performance of the microwave furnace prototype developed by C9:OR;


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',4 &he project main purpose is industrial waste (coal ashes$ steelma#in" sla"$ etc%! recyclin" in

Romania and taly by usin" the microwave technolo"y% &he proposed approach will demonstrate

innovative technolo"ies to recycle wastes into hi"h added value products (for architecturaland,or insulator applications! solvin" environmental problem at the same time% &he derivative

objectives are* +! )evelopment of unconventional techniques (MW! to manufacture micro and,or

nano structured ceramics to be used at industrial level* improvement of microwave technolo"y

adapted to ceramic micro and nano-composites processin" for further industrial use conception

and desi"n of a microwave furnace dedicated to ceramic composites sinterin"$ .! Modellin"

;imulatin"the microwave heatin" process for the ceramic and ceramic composites "enerated by

industrial waste recyclin" /!Reducin" the "ap between the thematic approach of 0wastemana"ement1 at European level$ in terms of practical approach by a sustained campai"n to

promote products and technolo"y$ 2! 8rove si"nificant natural resources savin" (up to 345! and

ener"y usa"e reduction (up to .45! %

', n Romania and taly$ billions of tonnes of solid industrial wastes are "enerated yearly$ an

important amount bein" stored within industrial dumps which affects the environment quality%

9sh and sla" resultin" from steam power plants require approimately +%. ha stora"e space for

every million tonnes% n both Romania and taly million tonnes steelma#in" and non-ferrous sla"

are produced annually which require ur"ent recyclin" solutions%

',', &he project will certainly demonstrate the simultaneously use and recyclin" of the two

industrial wastes (sla" and ashes!% T!e co&bination o% wastes and t!eir processin# in

&icrowave %ie"d is new %or cera&ic co&posites approac!% M; tec!ni2e advanta"es

compared to the conventional methods are* fast$ clean and low ener"etic consumption allowin" a

"ood ratio quality,price of the products manufactured by this route% &he project proposes an

innovative tec!no"o#$1 na&e"$ powders &odi%ied &et!od,&he shapin" by cold-compactin" a

powder followed by a hi"h temperature heat treatment to sinter the compact$ to fabricate a dense

"lass-ceramics by a sinterin" process in which both densification and crystallisation ta#e place

simultaneously at the same temperature% 9lso$ the microwave heatin" is enabled by eploitin"

the susceptibility of nucleation a"ent (&iO. and,or ;iC! in microwave field%

',/, ;OR< 3LAN- Establishin" quantitative and predictive relationships between the way a

material is produced (processin#!$ its strctre and derived properties are fundamental and will

be a recurrent theme throu"hout the project% &herefore$ the researchers should see#

understandin" the connections on various scales%Y;34- Se"ection and %"" c!aracteri=ation o%

wastes> raw &ateria"s - ?ICEM SA1 NIM3@1 Mont! 48- 8hysical-chemical characteri6ation of

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wastes "ranulometry$ particle si6e and distribution (by laser particle analyser!$ surface area

(E&!$ density$ morpholo"ical characteristics (;EM!$ elemental and phases analysis (9%9%$ R?$

R)$!$ thermal analysis ()&9$ );C! and toicity characteristics (&C:8!% Y;3- Mode""in#

t!e interaction o% wastes>raw &ateria"s wit! &icrowaves- ?UNITO1 ICEM1 NIM31

CALORIS@1 Mont! 484- /) computer simulations study of temperature and the thermal

"radient induced in the material to be sintered as a function of the applied power% Y;3'-

E6p"orator$ &ateria" processin# stdies on cera&ic co&posites %ro& rec$c"ed indstria"

waste- ?ICEM1 NIM31 CALORIS1 UNITO@1 Mont! B8 4- miin" and firin" at different

temperatures recipes adapted to physical-chemical characteristics% Y;3/- Laborator$8sca"e

prodction o% protot$pes o% cera&ic co&posites wit! i&proved properties (corrosion

resistance1 ins"ation1 &ec!anica")8?ICEM1 NIM31 CALORIS@1 Mont! B8 4/- Materials willbe processed by different methods available in the consortium* meltin"$ sinterin"$ co-

precipitation$ sol-"el$ hot pressin"$ sputterin"$ etc% Y;3*- :esi#n o% t!e M; %rnace

(CALORIS1 UNITO)1 Mont! 48 /, Y;3- C!aracteri=ation and properties eva"ation o%

pi"ot8sca"e protot$pes1 and prodct de&onstration ?ICEM1 NIM31 CALORIS1 UNITO@1

Mont! *8',;pecific characteri6ation* wear resistance$ corrosion resistance$ thermal shoc#

resistance$ mechanical stren"th tests%

',* E6pected i&pact at t!e Eropeanor internationa" "eve" nder t!e topic o% t!e Ca""Tec!no"o#ica" Y&he project has a si"nificant potential to increase the "eneral availability of

eploitable #now-how in the E'$ related to the development of processin" technolo"y of

ceramic composites by simultaneous use of two industrial wastes treated in microwave field%

Environ&enta"-Y decreasin" the wastes stora"e in landfill Y restorin" the productive capacity

of de"raded soilsY diminishin" of the carbon CO.footprint (savin"s of CO.emissions! Socia"

i&pact* Y diminishin" the impact of the ener"y and metallur"ical industry on people>s health$ Y

increasin" the people>s level of awareness and trust in wastes recyclin"% Econo&ic- Ylower

ener"y and raw materials supply costs Y demonstratin" two industries recycle systems of two

important industries wor#in" to"ether%

', Mar7et ana"$sis &he tar"eted wastes havin" valuable oides composition (;iO.$ CaO$ 9l.O/$

?e.O/$ &iO.$ etc! can become by-products and replace up to /4-345 from the natural sand used

for ceramic composites manufacturin"% &he avera"e raw materials price of 24 Z,tone for buildin"

bric#s manufacturin" (sands!$ will decrease up to /4 mil%Z,year$ valorisin" about 344%444 t,year

and considerin" raw materials 7O cost transport (done by the wastes suppliers!% On the other

hand$ +%444%444 t sla",year transformed in valuable products determine an economy on storin"

of about 34%444 Z,year (storin" prices .4+4!%

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5. C*&T CA6C'6AT*N

Total proect costs per partner

,artner,erson$onths

Total Costs Requested undin

$uro $uro

Partner 1 (oordinator)+

0R'S S (S=$)17&.27 1"7.777 177.777

Partner 2+

'$= S (S=$) &5.& 117.777 87.777

Partner 3+

*'=P (R$S)2&.&" &7.777 &7.777

Partner "+

ni6o (*')"2 18.777 11&.777

Total% 253. 578.000 3.000

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*, :ISSEMINATION AN: E3LOITATION

*,4, I&pact o% t!e res"ts and t!e i&pact %or eac! partner> &he current project$ inside one of

most promisin" topic$ is able to stimulate inte"ration between creative research and innovationconsiderin" the openin" to new classes of etremely useful materials for environmental

conservation ,protection and pollution drastic reduction by usin" fast unconventional

manufacturin" technolo"ies (Microwave heatin" - MW!% &he present research proposal follows

one of the current international trends in environmental protection and nanomaterials science%

*,4,a, Econo&ic bene%its-

ICEM SAwhich has a pilot station is directly interested in the technolo"ical development for

manufacturin" of ceramic composites from industrial waste recyclin"% CALORIS Grop SA

(CO) is manufacturer of microwave field furnace for the ceramic composites$ which will have

better ener"y efficiency$ therefore will increase their competitiveness% NIM3 and UNITO will

ta#e advanta"e of the theoretical studies and eperimental wor# by offerin" the proper climate

for youn" researcher>s speciali6ation in new modern techniques (MW!% 9t the same time$ it

"enerates an increase in the #nowled"e level throu"h publication and dissemination obtained by

both articles submitted to journals with international reco"nition and the development of patents$

seminars$ scientific conferences and participation to national and international ehibitions% &he

tar"et audiences for the dissemination and eploitation of the results of the project are* ;cientific

community dealin" with waste utili6ation$ materials> development and characteri6ation

Materials industry (ceramics and ceramic composites for load bearin"s and thermal shoc# and

corrosion resistance! European and 7ational 7etwor#s on environmental$ chemical,mechanical

en"ineerin" and materials subjects%

*,4,b, Scienti%ic bene%its-

&he results of the project will be disseminated via* the project website$ meetin"s$ wor#shops

and conferences$ peer reviewed scientific publications$ education at university level%

&eachin" activities in universities at under"raduate and post-"raduate level will ta#e advanta"e

of the #nowled"e and eperience acquired durin" this project% ?or instance$ the )r% E% Kolceanov

(8+ project responsible! is associate professor at 'niversity 8olitehnica of ucharest and "ives

lectures about 0Materials ;cience - 8rocesses of 9dvanced Materials1$ which will be

substantially enriched by new #nowled"e "ained in the project% Moreover$ )r% Marco &ruccato$

who is in char"e of W8.$ is assistant professor at '7&O where "ives lectures in ;olid ;tate

8hysics%)issemination of results is in CO>s responsibility and 8R issues in 8+ (;ME!$ 8. and

8/ responsibility under the coordination of CO%

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n!or$ed Consent!oes the proposal involve childrenC no

!oes the proposal involve patients or persons not a?le to give consentC no

!oes the proposal involve adult healthy volunteersC no

!oes the proposal involve ;uman enetic =aterialC no!oes the proposal involve ;uman ?iological samplesC no

!oes the proposal involve ;uman data collectionC no

Research on 9u$an e$#r)o/!oetus

!oes the proposal involve ;uman $m?ryos

!oes the proposal involve ;uman 9oetal 6issue / ellsC

!oes the proposal involve ;uman $m?ryonic Stem ellsC

,rivac)!oes the proposal involve processing of genetic information or personaldata (eg. health> se%ual lifestyle> ethnicity> political opinion> religious or

philosophical conviction)!oes the proposal involve tracing the location or o?servation of peopleC

Research on Ani$als!oes the proposal involve research on animalsC

re those animals transgenic small la?oratory animalsC

re those animals transgenic farm animalsC

re those animals cloning farm animalsC

re those animals non,human primatesC

Research nvolvin ;evelopin Countriesse of local resources (genetic> animal> plant etc)

4enefit to local community (capacity ?uilding i.e. access to healthcare>education etc)

;ual 'seResearch having potential military / terrorist application

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