On AlO emission spectroscopy as a diagnostic in energetic materials testing

JM Peuker, P Lynch, H Krier… - Propellants, Explosives …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The emission of AlO is commonly observed in tests involving aluminum combustion in
propellants and explosives. Such emission has been used as a signature of combustion, as …

Self-propagating combustion of sputter-deposited Al/CuO nanolaminates

J Zapata, A Nicollet, B Julien, G Lahiner, A Esteve… - Combustion and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The complex Al/CuO self-propagating reaction involving multi-phase and multi-
species dynamics was studied in order to investigate the very high flame temperature …

Incomplete reactions in nanothermite composites

RJ Jacob, DL Ortiz-Montalvo, KR Overdeep… - Journal of Applied …, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
Exothermic reactions between oxophilic metals and transition/post transition metal-oxides
have been well documented owing to their fast reaction time scales (≈ 10 μs). This article …

On modeling the diffusion to kinetically controlled burning limits of micron-sized aluminum particles

BT Bojko, PE DesJardin, EB Washburn - Combustion and flame, 2014 - Elsevier
Aluminum particle burn rates are known to be a strong function of particle size as the mode
of burning transitions from diffusion to kinetically controlled. To better understand the rate …

A Review on the Gas‐Phase Modeling Study of Aluminum Combustion in Various Environments

Y Zhang, X Xie, C Chen, H Li, J Yi, Y Xu… - Propellants …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aluminum combustion is an area of intense research due to its wide‐ranging applications in
the aerospace, automotive, energy storage carrier and defense industries. Gas‐phase …

Transient temperature evolution of pulverized coal cloud deflagration in a methane–oxygen atmosphere

H Li, J Deng, X Chen, CM Shu, CH Kuo, X Zhai… - Powder Technology, 2020 - Elsevier
Despite the rapid growth in coal yield owing to advancement of mining technology in recent
decades, coal mine gas/dust explosions are still a major hazard in coal production [1, 2] …

Coaxial laser absorption and optical emission spectroscopy of high-pressure aluminum monoxide

KA Daniel, CM Murzyn, DJ Allen, KP Lynch… - Optics Letters, 2022 - opg.optica.org
This work advances laser absorption spectroscopy with measurements of aluminum
monoxide (AlO) temperature and column density in extreme pressure (P?>? 60? bar) and …

Shock-induced anisotropic metal combustion

X Chang, Q Chu, D Chen - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2020 - ACS Publications
The progress of surface reactions can be largely impacted by anisotropic energy transfer.
Here, we carried out reactive molecular dynamic simulations on aluminum nanoparticles in …

Signature of nano alumina condensation during metal combustion

NR Jaramillo, CA Ritchie, ML Pantoya… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The work is focused on thermal radiation originating from aluminum oxide nanoparticles
formed during the combustion of an aluminum and copper oxide (Al/CuO) thermite. The light …

Numerical simulation of the combustion of nano-aluminum in carbon dioxide

Y Sun, Q Wang, Y Wu, B Zhu, J Pan - Acta Astronautica, 2017 - Elsevier
The ignition and combustion characteristics of nano-aluminum in CO 2 were studied
numerically using CHEMKIN-PRO and a detailed reaction mechanism. The effects of initial …