Melt dispersion mechanism for fast reaction of nanothermites

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Levitas, Valery I ^a   Asay, Blaine W ^b   Son, Steven F ^b   Pantoya, Michelle ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELT DISPERSION; NANOTHERMITES; OXIDE SHELL (OS); TENSILE PRESSURES;

ALUMINUM; DIFFUSION; DISPERSIONS; MELTING; OXIDATION; SPALLING; TENSILE PROPERTIES;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 33747484147     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2335362     Document Type: Article

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