Generation of fast propagating combustion and shock waves with copper oxide/aluminum nanothermite composites

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 24, 2007, Pages

  Apperson, S ^a   Shende, R V ^a   Subramanian, S ^a   Tappmeyer, D ^a   Gangopadhyay, S ^a   Chen, Z ^a   Gangopadhyay, K ^b   Redner, P ^c   Nicholich, S ^c   Kapoor, D ^c  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c US Army ARDEC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COPPER OXIDES; MACH NUMBER; NANOPARTICLES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ALUMINUM NANOTHERMITE; METALLIC FUEL;

SHOCK WAVES;

EID: 37149025651     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2787972     Document Type: Article

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