Nanostructured Energetic Materials
Abstract
This paper reports synthesis of metastable intermolecular composite (MIC) containing CuO nanorods, nanowires combined with aluminum nanoparticles. These composites were prepared using ultrasonic mixing and self-assembly approach. The combustion wave speed as high as 2300 100 m/s was achieved for the MIC composites. We also report that the combustion wave speed can be easily tuned from 1 m/s to 2300 m/s for the nanoenergetic composites prepared using mesoporous Fe2O3 gel, nanoparticles of WO3, MoO3, Bi2O3, and CuO mixed with Al-nanoparticles and addition of other chemicals in nanoscale. Tunable combustion speed is found to depend not only on the type of oxidizer but also on the nanostructural arrangement present in the energetic composites.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 2006
- Accession Number
- ADA481290
Entities
People
- D. Kapoor And
- Keshab Gangopadhyay
- P. Redner
- R. V. Shende
- S. Apperson
- S. Gangopadhyay
- S. Hasan
- S. Nicolich
- S. Subramanian