The oxidation process and methods for improving reactivity of Al

D Wang, G Xu, T Tan, S Liu, W Dong, F Li, J Liu - Crystals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Aluminum (Al) has been widely used in micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS), polymer
bonded explosives (PBXs) and solid propellants. Its typical core-shell structure (the inside …

[HTML][HTML] High throughput tabletop shock techniques and measurements

F Li, DD Dlott - Journal of Applied Physics, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Although shock experiments are traditionally performed in large facilities, tabletop
experiments that provide convenient high-throughput shock testing have been growing in …

Fast reactions of shocked energetic microporous metallic composites

S Kumar Valluri, L Salvati III… - Propellants …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Metal/oxidizer composites can potentially release more energy than organic explosives such
as HMX (1, 3, 5, 7‐Tetranitro‐1, 3, 5, 7‐tetrazocane), but are generally unsuitable for high …

Role of Melting in Mechanical Ignition of the CuO/Al Thermite Reaction

CDP Moran - 2021 - search.proquest.com
Mechanical ignition of thermite reactions remains poorly understood due to a lack of known
experimental methods to assess reaction pathways at microstructural length scales under …

Porosity: The key to initiating metallic composite particles under shock compression

SK Valluri, EL Dreizin, DD Dlott - AIP Conference Proceedings, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The use of metallic composites as additives can potentially improve the energy density of
explosives. Before employing them as additives it is imperative to design composites with …