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Synthesis and Reactivity of a Super‐Reactive Metastable Intermolecular Composite Formulation of Al/KMnO 4
Author(s) -
Prakash A.,
McCormick A. V.,
Zachariah M. R.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.200400853
Subject(s) - materials science , metastability , intermolecular force , composite number , reactivity (psychology) , nanoparticle , reactive material , schematic , chemical engineering , nanotechnology , composite material , organic chemistry , molecule , chemistry , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , electronic engineering , engineering
A new metastable intermolecular composite (MIC) which employs KMnO 4 nanoparticles as the oxidizer has been developed for energetic‐material applications. The nanoparticles are synthesized by a spray‐drying process, and a strong correlation between pressurization rates (measurement schematic shown in Figure) for several MIC combinations and the fraction of reactive oxygen present in the combustion product is observed.