Metal particles are attractive candidate fuels for various propulsion and energy-conversion
applications, primarily due to their high energy densities. Micron-sized particles present …

Highly reactive metastable intermixed composites (MICs) have attracted much attention in
the past decades. The MIC family of materials mainly includes traditional metal‐based …

Abstract The RDX, HMX, and AP are currently the most widely used energetic ingredients in
composite solid propellants, since the newly developed energetic compounds are still …

Chemistry of High-Energy Materials continues in this new and revised 6th edition to provide
fundamental scientifi c insights into primary and secondary explosives, propellants, rocket …

Nano aluminum particles have received considerable attention in the combustion
community; their physicochemical properties are quite favorable as compared with those of …

Recent developments in materials processing and characterization resulted in the discovery
of a new type of reactive materials containing nanoscaled metal components. The well …

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 …

Nanotechnology has stimulated revolutionary advances in many scientific and industrial
fields, particularly in energetic materials. Powder mixing is the simplest and most traditional …

This book summarizes the state of the art in combustion synthesis of advanced materials. It
is a first attempt to summarize and critically review in one monograph the mechanisms of …

Nanoscale composite energetics (also known as metastable intermolecular composites)
represent an exciting new class of energetic materials. Nanoscale thermites are examples of …