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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Review of the Problems of Additive Manufacturing of Nanostructured High-Energy Materials. [PDF]
Materials (Basel), 2021 This article dwells upon the additive manufacturing of high-energy materials (HEM) with regards to the problems of this technology’s development. This work is aimed at identifying and describing the main problems currently arising in the use of AM for ...
Kudryashova O +4 more
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Nanoenergetic Materials: From Materials to Applications [PDF]
NanomaterialsBoth nanoscience and nanotechnology have undoubtedly contributed significantly to the development of thermite-based nanoenergetic materials (NEMs) with tunable and tailorable combustion performance and their subsequent integration into devices ...
Rajagopalan Thiruvengadathan, Anqi Wang
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Mechanical Desensitization of an Al/WO3 Nanothermite by Means of Carbonaceous Coatings Derived from Carbohydrates [PDF]
C, 2019 Nanothermites show great developmental promise in the near future in civilian, military and aerospace applications due to their tuneable reactive properties (ignition delay time, combustion velocity and pressure release).
Pierre Gibot +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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Thermal Decomposition Behavior and Thermal Safety of Nitrocellulose with Different Shape CuO and Al/CuO Nanothermites [PDF]
Nanomaterials, 2020 Bamboo leaf-like CuO(b) and flaky-shaped CuO(f) were prepared by the hydrothermal method, and then combined with Al nanoparticles to form Al/CuO(b) and Al/CuO(f) by the ultrasonic dispersion method.
Ergang Yao +8 more
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Changes in the state of matter of KCIO4 to improve thermal and combustion properties of Al/MoO3 nanothermite [PDF]
BMC ChemistryTo improve the thermal and combustion properties of nanothermites, a design theory of changing the state of matter and structural state of the reactants during reaction was proposed.
Jialin Chen +9 more
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Ti/CuO Nanothermite—Study of the Combustion Process [PDF]
MoleculesA study of the combustion processes of Ti/CuO and Ti/CuO/NC nanothermites prepared via electrospraying was conducted in this work. For this purpose, the compositions were thermally conditioned at 350, 550 and 750 °C, as selected based on our initial ...
Mateusz Polis +7 more
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Integration of the 3DOM Al/Co3O4 nanothermite film with a semiconductor bridge to realize a high-output micro-energetic igniter. [PDF]
RSC Adv, 2018 Microigniters play an important role for the reliable initiation of micro explosive devices. However, the microigniter is still limited by the low out-put energy to realize high reliability and safety.
Zheng Z +7 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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