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Technical capability brief / 01

DRACONITE®

FERMENTATION DERIVED.
HEAT-STRENGTHENED.
EXTREME THERMAL
PROTECTION.

4 YEARS. 64 FORMULATIONS. 110+ PHYSICAL TESTS.2 × UK PATENTS PENDINGINVENTED IN A SCOTTISH SHED.
02 / Material proof
01

CONFORMABLE.

CUTS, WRAPS AND CONFORMS.
<50 MM BEND RADIUS.

02

HEAT-ACTIVATED.

EXTREME HEAT ACTIVATES
THE PROTECTIVE STATE.

03

PROTECTIVE.

THREAT FACE: >2,000°C
PROTECTED FACE: <60°C RISE ABOVE AMBIENT

04

POST-THREAT COOLING

Takes the heat. Doesn’t hold it.
Rapid cooling after 2,000°C+ flame exposure.

03 / Technical performance
PROTECTIVE<60°Ccold-face rise above ambient · hot face >2,000°C
POST-THREAT COOLINGRAPIDcooling after 2,000°C+ flame exposure
INSULATIVE0.15–0.35 W/m·Kpost-vitrification thermal conductivity · in-house range
CRYOGENIC FLEXIBILITY−196°Cimmersion followed by 180° flex without visible micro-cracking
CONFORMABILITY<50 mmbend radius
ACTIVE INPUT0 WCOOLANT
ARCHITECTURETUNABLE
04 / Strategic white space

A NEW CLASS OF
THERMAL PROTECTION.

CRYOGENICALLY STABLE TO −196°CTUNABLECHEAP, SOVEREIGN FEEDSTOCKS
Thermal protection white space chart positioning Draconite in a high protection, low system burden region

05 / The proposition

PROTECTION
STRENGTHENS WITH HEAT.
THERMAL THREAT BECOMES ADVANTAGE.

WITHOUT THE SWaP-C² BURDEN OF LEGACY THERMAL PROTECTION.
06 / Material sovereignty

FERMENTATION
DERIVED.

ACCESSIBLE, SOVEREIGN FEEDSTOCKS. PLASTIC-FREE. PFAS-FREE. PHOSPHATE-FREE.

Fermentation-derived Draconite material sample in a workshop tray
07 / Meteorite logic

BUILT ON THE LOGIC AND CHEMICAL ARCHITECTURE OF STONY METEORITES — WITH NO KNOWN THERMAL CEILING.

BEFORE

THE MATERIAL CONSTRAINED THE MISSION.

We could only go as: HOT. FAST. LONG. as existing materials allowed.
NOW

THE MISSION CREATES THE DRACONITE.

DRACONITE DESIGN ENGINE — IN DEVELOPMENT

Computational-physics-led mission-to-material solver.

Being developed with Draconite’s computational physicists and wider technical team.
08 / Mission-defined design
Mission-defined Draconite design equation showing mission requirements, design variables, objective function and optimal configuration
09 / Platform architecture

LAND

Battery thermal runaway · wildfire · passive fire · critical infrastructure · industrial heat

SEA

Marine batteries · naval thermal protection · offshore energy · charging / storage

AIR

Aviation · drones · hypersonics · directed energy · thermal bottlenecks

SPACE

Re-entry · satellites · spacecraft · EVA / spacesuits

10 / Specific use case — one example among many

DIRECT
ENERGY

BEFORE: CHEAP LASERS RAPIDLY DEGRADE CRITICAL COMPONENTS.
NOW: LASER-DERIVED HEAT BECOMES A TACTICAL ADVANTAGE.

THE PROBLEM

~130°CPOLYETHYLENE BATTERY SEPARATOR SOFTENS / SHRINKS
300–500°CCARBON / EPOXY MATRIX DEGRADES (RESIN-DEPENDENT)
~660°CALUMINIUM MELTS
PLATFORM DESTROYED

CURRENT OPTIONS

EVADEREDUCES FUEL / RANGE
ACTIVE COOLINGADDS MASS / POWER / PLUMBING
THICK / SACRIFICIAL TPSHEAVY / EXPENSIVE / REFURBISHMENT

THE SOLUTION / DRACONITE

CHEAP LASER SHOT ↓

HEAT ACTIVATES PROTECTION

STRENGTHENED BY HEAT

NO ACTIVE COOLINGLOW MASSPROTECTION FORMS IN SITU

INCOMING HEAT IS NOT JUST DAMAGE TO ENDURE.
WITH DRACONITE, IT ACTIVATES THE PROTECTION.

09 / Proven

PROVEN.

ACTIVE EVALUATIONS ACROSS LAND · SEA · AIR · SPACE.

DR ALISHA FULLER-ARMAH

INVENTOR
& CEO

Cambridge alumna · 3× exited founder · sole inventor of Draconite.
Earthshot nominated.
Invented in a shed in rural Scotland.
Supported by
European Space Agency
UK Space Agency
Undaunted The Greenhouse
UK Research and Innovation
Innovate UK
Scottish EDGE
Scottish Enterprise
South of Scotland Enterprise