Tantalum-tungsten oxide thermite composites prepared by sol-gel synthesis and spark plasma sintering

Combustion and Flame

Volumn 157, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1566-1571

  Kuntz, Joshua D ^a   Cervantes, Octavio G ^a,b   Gash, Alexander E ^a   Munir, Zuhair A ^b  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Composites; Sol gel; SPS; Thermite

Indexed keywords

A-DENSITY; CHEMICAL ENERGY; COMPOSITE POWDERS; IMPACT IGNITION; MICROMETER-SCALE; NANO-STRUCTURED; PRE-REACTIONS; RELATIVE DENSITY; SOL-GEL SYNTHESIS; THERMITES; TUNGSTEN OXIDE;

ELECTRIC SPARKS; OXIDES; POWDER METALS; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SOLS; SPARK PLASMA SINTERING; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TANTALUM; TANTALUM OXIDES; TUNGSTEN; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS;

GELS;

METAL OXIDE; NANOMATERIAL; SOLVENT; TANTALUM; TUNGSTEN;

ARTICLE; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; DENSITY; ENERGY; GEL; HEATING; HIGH PRESSURE SPARK PLASMA SINTERING; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 77953810324     PISSN: 00102180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.combustflame.2010.01.005     Document Type: Article

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