Dropping the hammer: Examining impact ignition and combustion using pre-stressed aluminum powder

Improving aluminum particle reactivity by annealing and quenching treatments: Synchrotron X-ray diffraction analysis of strain

(2016) Jena McCollum et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Stress relaxation in pre-stressed aluminum core–shell particles: X-ray diffraction study, modeling, and improved reactivity

(2016) Valery I. Levitas et al.   COMBUSTION AND FLAME

A slice of an aluminum particle: Examining grains, strain and reactivity

(2016) Jena McCollum et al.   COMBUSTION AND FLAME

Internal stresses in pre-stressed micron-scale aluminum core-shell particles and their improved reactivity

(2015) Valery I. Levitas et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

The Use of Glass Anvils in Drop-Weight Studies of Energetic Materials

(2015) Stephen M. Walley et al.   PROPELLANTS EXPLOSIVES PYROTECHNICS

Pre-Stressing Micron-Scale Aluminum Core-Shell Particles to Improve Reactivity

(2015) Valery I. Levitas et al.   Scientific Reports

The role of microstructure refinement on the impact ignition and combustion behavior of mechanically activated Ni/Al reactive composites

(2013) B. A. Mason et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Mechanochemical mechanism for reaction of aluminium nano- and micrometre-scale particles

(2013) V. I. Levitas   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

A systematic investigation of the mechanochemical decomposition of Ag oxalate in rod drop experiments

(2012) Giorgio Ligios et al.   JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS

Impact-induced initiation and energy release behavior of reactive materials

(2011)   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Effect of oxide particles on the stabilization and final microstructure in aluminium

(2011) Andrea Bachmaier et al.   MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING

A microscopic model for predicting hot-spot ignition of granular energetic crystals in response to drop-weight impacts

(2011) Yan-Qing Wu et al.   MECHANICS OF MATERIALS

Toward design of the pre-stressed nano- and microscale aluminum particles covered by oxide shell

(2010) Valery I. Levitas et al.   COMBUSTION AND FLAME

Impact-induced friction ignition of an explosive: Infrared observations and modeling

(2010) W. Lee Perry et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Energy release characteristics of impact-initiated energetic aluminum–magnesium mechanical alloy particles with nanometer-scale structure

(2010) Yi Wang et al.   THERMOCHIMICA ACTA

A dedicated superbend x-ray microdiffraction beamline for materials, geo-, and environmental sciences at the advanced light source

(2009) Martin Kunz et al.   REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS

Melt-dispersion mechanism for fast reaction of aluminum particles: Extension for micron scale particles and fluorination

(2008) Valery I. Levitas et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Melt dispersion versus diffusive oxidation mechanism for aluminum nanoparticles: Critical experiments and controlling parameters

(2008) Valery I. Levitas et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Fast reactions with nano- and micrometer aluminum: A study on oxidation versus fluorination

(2008) Kyle W. Watson et al.   COMBUSTION AND FLAME

Impact ignition of nano and micron composite energetic materials

(2008) Emily M. Hunt et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF IMPACT ENGINEERING