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Naval Materials Research Laboratory (NMRL) is an Indian defense laboratory of the Defence Research & Development Organization (DRDO). Located in Thane, near Mumbai, it develops materials and alloys for Naval use, and is a single-window agency for all materials requirement of the Indian Navy. NMRL is organized under the Naval Research & Development Directorate of DRDO. The present director of NMRL is Dr. J. Narayana Das.
[edit] History
NMRL was established in 1953 as the Naval Chemical and Metallurgical Laboratory, an in-house laboratory of the Navy, located at the Naval Dockyard, Mumbai. It was brought under the administrative control of DRDO in the early 1960s.[1] The laboratory is located in its own technical-cum residential complex at Ambernath, Maharashtra. However, a small compliment catering mainly to the scientific support to the Fleet and other Naval establishments functions from the Naval Dockyard.
[edit] Areas of work[2]
- Fuel Cell Power Pack Technology[3]
- Advanced Protection Technology in Marine Environment
- Electrochemistry & Electrochemical Processes
- Polymer and Elastomer Science and Technology including Stealth Material
- Processing Technologies for Speciality Metallic and Non-metallic Materials
- Chemical and Biological Control of Marine Environment
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[edit] Technologies for Civilian use
- Bio-emulsifier - for Bio-remediation of floating oil.
- Arsenic removal kit - NMRL has developed a low-cost arsenic removal filter to remove arsenic from contaminated drinking water. The filter is made of stainless steel, and the filter medium is a processed waste of the steel industry. The filter works on the principle of co-precipitation and adsorption, which is followed by filtration through treated sand. The complete filter costs Rs. 500, has a life of 5 years and does not require any electricity to run. After six months of testing in 24 Paraganas District in West Bengal, the technology was given to NGOs for productionizing.[4]
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