Characterization of Ignition and Combustion Properties of Nanowire-based Energetics

Abstract

This research program focused on the ignition properties of nanoscale energetic materials made of Al and metal oxides. We made contributions in three frontiers of energetic materials: 1) demonstrating that core/shell morphology leads to high activity due to uniform mixing between fuels and oxidizers; 2)innovating the first application of flash ignition of Al nanoparticles and micron particles; and 3) realizing flash ignition of porous Si film and elucidating the effects of film thickness and porosity on the minimum ignition energy.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 23, 2013
Accession Number
ADA590875

Entities

People

  • Xiaolin Zheng

Organizations

  • Stanford University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aluminum Oxides
  • Combustion
  • Electronic Mail
  • Energetic Materials
  • Energy
  • Flash Lamps
  • Heat Transfer
  • Materials
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Metal Oxides
  • Metastable Intermolecular Composites
  • Microelectromechanical Systems
  • Nanoparticles
  • Nanotechnology
  • Thermal Conductivity

Readers

  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Nanocomposite Materials Science

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology