Metal-based nanoenergetic materials: synthesis, properties, and applications

D Sundaram, V Yang, RA Yetter - Progress in Energy and Combustion …, 2017 - Elsevier
Metal particles are attractive candidate fuels for various propulsion and energy-conversion
applications, primarily due to their high energy densities. Micron-sized particles present …

[HTML][HTML] Recyclable metal fuels for clean and compact zero-carbon power

JM Bergthorson - Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 2018 - Elsevier
Metal fuels, as recyclable carriers of clean energy, are promising alternatives to fossil fuels
in a future low-carbon economy. Fossil fuels are a convenient and widely-available source …

Metal particle combustion and nanotechnology

RA Yetter, GA Risha, SF Son - Proceedings of the combustion institute, 2009 - Elsevier
Metal combustion has received renewed interest largely as a result of the ability to produce
and characterize metallic nanoparticles. Much of the highly desirable traits of nanosized …

Metal-water combustion for clean propulsion and power generation

JM Bergthorson, Y Yavor, J Palecka, W Georges… - Applied Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Metals are energy-dense fuels that can react exothermically with water to produce hydrogen,
and this hydrogen is useful as a propellant for rockets and underwater vehicles or as a fuel …

Improving the combustion efficiency and agglomeration of aluminum-water propellants via n-Al/CuO metastable intermolecular composites

Y Shu, W Zhang, Z Fan, S Yue, B Yin, LKB Li, P Liu… - Combustion and …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this work, we investigated the combustion and agglomeration characteristics of aluminum-
water propellants by replacing the original Al with binary n-Al/CuO metastable …

Study on the hydrogen production law and reaction kinetics mechanism of aluminum powder oxidation under different moisture content conditions

L Pang, C Li, J Liu, S Sun - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2025 - Elsevier
The reaction of aluminum (Al) powder with moisture presents significant safety risks in
industrial processes, particularly due to the hydrogen gas generated, which can lead to …

Reactivity of Aluminum Cluster Anions with Water: Origins of Reactivity and Mechanisms for H2 Release

AC Reber, SN Khanna, PJ Roach… - The Journal of …, 2010 - ACS Publications
The reactivity of aluminum anion clusters with water was found to exhibit variations with size,
with some clusters exhibiting negligible reactivity, others absorbing one or more water, while …

Combustion of hydrogen peroxide gel and micron-aluminum mixtures

Z Nie, Z He, X Gao, L Wang, H Dai, X Zhou, Z **a - Combustion and Flame, 2023 - Elsevier
A newly reported oxidizer, hydrogen peroxide encapsulated in silica xerogel (hydrogen
peroxide gel), is prepared and applied to the combustion of aluminum particles in this study …

Effects of nano-scale additives on the linear burning rate of nitromethane

KW McCown III, EL Petersen - Combustion and Flame, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper examines the effects of various nanoparticle additives on the combustion
behavior of nitromethane, using a pressure-based method recently demonstrated by the …

Combustion of nanoaluminum and water propellants: effect of equivalence ratio and safety/aging characterization

TR Sippel, TL Pourpoint, SF Son - Propellants, Explosives …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The deflagration and combustion efficiency of 80 nm aluminum/ice (ALICE) mixtures with
equivalence ratios of ϕ= 1.0, 0.75, and 0.67 were experimentally investigated. We find that …