期刊
PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMBUSTION INSTITUTE
卷 33, 期 -, 页码 1989-1996出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.proci.2010.06.104
关键词
Energetic materials; Nano-aluminum; Burning rate; Thermites
资金
- US Army Research Office under the Multi-University Research Initiative [W911NF-04-1-0178]
- (DoD/DOE) at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
Results from combustion experiments, in which the fuel and oxidizer particle sizes of Al/CuO and Al/MoO3 thermites were varied between the nanometer and micrometer scale, are presented to gain further insight into the factors governing their rate of propagation. The experiments were performed with thermite mixtures loosely packed in an instrumented burn tube. Critical properties, including linear propagation rates, dynamic pressure, and spectral emission, were measured and compared to determine if the scale of one constituent had more influence over the rate of propagation than the other. It was found that, although nano-fuel/nano-oxidizer composites propagated the fastest for both the Al/CuO and Al/MoO3 thermites, composites containing micron-aluminum and a nano-scale oxidizer propagated significantly faster than a composite of nano-aluminum and a micron-scale oxidizer. The impact of nano-scale oxidizer versus nano-scale Al is twofold. Firstly, mixtures containing nano-aluminum have a greater mass percentage of Al2O3, which reduces reaction temperatures and propagation rates. Secondly, reactions in porous nano-thermites propagate through a convective mechanism; with heat transfer being driven by flow induced by large pressure gradients. Mixtures containing nano-scale oxidizer particles show faster pressurization rates. Because the majority of gas generation is due to the decomposition or vaporization of the oxide in these reactions, and oxide particles on the nano-scale have shorter heat-up times and smaller length scales for gas diffusion than micron particles, convective burning is greatly enhanced with the nano-scale oxidizer. (C) 2010 The Combustion Institute. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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