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Performance and Characterization of Nanoenergetic Materials at Los Alamos

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Steven F. Son
Steven F. Son*
Affiliation:
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545USA, son@lanl.gov
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Abstract

Novel properties associated with nanostructured materials, including nanoenergetic materials, have attracted a great deal of interest recently. Metastable Intermolecular Composite (MIC) materials are comprised of a mixture of oxidizer and fuel with particle sizes in the nanometer range. They can have high energy densities and exhibit combustion velocities above 1 km/s. These properties make them very attractive in a number of applications, including lead-free primers and igniters. However characterizing these materials is challenging, and the mechanism responsible for the propagation of reaction in loose compacts is not well understood. In this paper I will present an overview of efforts at Los Alamos to characterize and better understand the reaction mechanisms of these advanced energetic materials. We also have continuing efforts to make new MIC materials. Two applications are illustrated for MIC materials.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 800: Symposium AA – Synthesis, Characterization, and Properties of Energetic/Reactive Nanomaterials , 2003 , AA5.2
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2004

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