Engineering Reports, 2023 Fluoroelastomer has received increasing attention for energetic materials application due to its high fluorine contents. Different contents (0 wt%–30 wt%) of poly(VDF‐ter‐HFP‐ter‐TFE) terpolymer are added into Al/MnO2 nanothermite.
Jiaxing Song +5 more
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Ti/CuO Nanothermite Doped with Secondary Energetic Materials: A Study of Combustion Parameters [PDF]
MoleculesNanothermites have found broad applications; however, due to being systems largely reacting in condensed phases, their performance is somewhat limited by heat and mass transfer.
Mateusz Polis +8 more
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Coulomb Effect of Intermediate Products of Core–Shell SiO2@Al Nanothermite [PDF]
MoleculesNanothermites as high-energy-density and high-reaction-rate materials have important applications in civil and military fields. Nevertheless, it is difficult to detect all intermediates and products using conventional experimental methods.
Jinping Zhang +6 more
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Abrupt Transition of Nanothermite Reactivity: The Roles of Loading Density, Microstructure and Ingredients [PDF]
MoleculesNanothermites are widely applied as specific power sources for microscale initiators and pyrotechnics. Increasing the charge density enhances energy storage within a confined combustion chamber, but it also alters the reaction kinetics.
Chengbo Ru +7 more
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Novel NSTEX System Based on Ti/CuO/NC Nanothermite Doped with NTO
EnergiesModern energetic materials (EMs), e.g., nanothermite and NSTEX (Nanostructured Thermites and Explosive) compositions are attracting increasing research interest.
Tomasz Gołofit +2 more
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Group Combustion of Dispersed Spherical Core–Shell Nanothermite Particles
Thermo, 2022 The group combustion characteristics of core–shell nanothermite particles differ from other dispersed solid or liquid fuels. In a core–shell structure, each discrete nanothermite particle can undergo an exothermic reaction as the oxygen atoms in the ...
Mustafa Mutiur Rahman +3 more
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Combustion characteristic and aging behavior of bimetal thermite powders
Defence Technology, 2021 Nanothermites have been employed as fuel additives in energetic formulations due to their higher energy density over CHNO energetics. Nevertheless, sintering and degradation of nanoparticles significantly limit the practical use of nanothermites. In this
Hong-qi Nie +3 more
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Ti/WO3, a nanothermite for special purposes: An experimental study
Defence TechnologyA new nanothermite system, composed of titanium and tungsten trioxide is reported. Initial investigations show that it has low-average sensitivity to mechanical stimuli (friction, impact), but that its sensitivity to laser irradiation can be controlled ...
Mateusz Polis +6 more
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Gap initiation with 20.35 mm: an initiator integrating the Al/CuOx multilayer film and traditional electronic plug to enhance the ignition ability [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2019 In order to enhance the ignition ability and reliability of traditional electronic initiators, a novel electronic initiator has been designed to integrate with a nanothermite multilayer film and an electrode plug. The Al/CuOx nanothermite multilayer film
Debin Ni +7 more
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In-operando high-speed microscopy and thermometry of reaction propagation and sintering in a nanocomposite [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2019 Imaging highly exothermic reactions in high spatial and temporal resolution to understand their underlying reaction mechanisms is challenging. Here, the authors develop a high-speed microscopy/pyrometry imaging system to successfully observe reactive ...
Haiyang Wang +2 more
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