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Cover Picture: Combining Higher Efficiency with Lower Costs: an Alternative Hexamine‐Based White Smoke Signal (Prop., Explos., Pyrotech. 11/2018)
Author(s) -
Küblböck Teresa,
Klapötke Thomas M.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
propellants, explosives, pyrotechnics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.56
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1521-4087
pISSN - 0721-3115
DOI - 10.1002/prep.201881101
Subject(s) - smoke , phoenix , cover (algebra) , environmental science , computer science , meteorology , history , engineering , geography , mechanical engineering , archaeology , metropolitan area
The cover picture shows a white smoke cloud as a rising phoenix surrounded by an emblem. It is known that the commonly applied sugar‐based TA smoke suffers from low efficiency compared to historically HC smoke. This fact is accepted due to the lack of sufficient alternative as well as toxicity and health issues caused by HC smoke. Our study shows that it is possible to enhance the properties and characteristics of the TA system by exchanging the fuel through hexamine. Figuratively, the TA‐based smoke obtains new life like a phoenix, which arises from the ashes. The phoenix is enclosed by the words performance, efficiency and economic; the main characteristics of the presented white smoke. It combines an improved smoke performance and efficiency with a more economical, cost‐efficient production. Details are discussed in the article by Teresa Küblböck and Thomas M. Klapötke on page 1184 ff.