Boron nanoparticles with high hydrogen loading: Mechanism for B-H binding and potential for improved combustibility and specific impulse

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 8513-8525

  Perez, Jesus Paulo L ^a   McMahon, Brandon W ^a   Yu, Jiang ^a   Schneider, Stefan ^b   Boatz, Jerry A ^b   Hawkins, Tom W ^b   McCrary, Parker D ^c   Flores, Luis A ^c   Rogers, Robin D ^c   Anderson, Scott L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

boron; energetic materials; hydrogen enrichment; mass spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

BALL MILLING; BINDING ENERGY; DESORPTION; EXPLOSIVES; HYDROGENATION; IONIC LIQUIDS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NANOPARTICLES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

AB INITIO THEORY; AMBIENT CONDITIONS; HIGH SURFACE AREA; HYDROGEN BINDING; HYDROGEN ENRICHMENT; HYDROGEN LOADINGS; HYPERGOLIC IGNITIONS; MASS SPECTROSCOPY;

BORON;

EID: 84902440346     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am501384m     Document Type: Article

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