Control the combustion behavior of solid propellants by using core-shell Al-based composites

Wei He, Jie Yao Lyu, De Yun Tang, Guo Qiang He, Pei Jin Liu, Qi Long Yan

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Tailoring the combustion performance of propellant plays an important role in solid propellant design. Herein, we present that interfacial reaction (thermite reaction on Al surface) could be used for tuning the combustion performance of Al-based propellants. Two interfacial reactions included Al-based core-shell composites Al@PDA@CuO (Al@CuO) and Al@PDA@PVDF (Al@PVDF) were prepared and characterized. It is found that both Al@CuO and Al@PVDF have slightly decreased heat release and density, but significantly promote Al combustion, in comparison to the mechanically mixed ones without interfacial reaction. Experiments on ignition, combustion, agglomeration, and thermal property of those propellants containing core-shell Al-based composites have been carried out. The results show that both Al-CuO and Al-PVDF interfacial reactions could reduce the ignition delay time and improve the burn rate of propellant due to the low initial reaction temperature and generated high heat. In addition, it is also found that the interfacial reaction between Al and CuO could increase the size of condensed combustion products of the propellants due to the formation of AlCu4. However, average condensed combustion product diameter of the propellant using Al@PVDF as the fuel is 0.47 µm, which is smaller than that of propellant using mechanically mixed Al/PVDF as the fuel (0.61 µm). This is a 23% decrease in agglomerate diameter compared with agglomerates formed from the propellant without interfacial reaction. These results reveal that different interfacial reaction may result in very different oxidation reaction mechanisms of Al that controls the combustion performances of the Al-based propellants.

源语言英语
页(从-至)441-452
页数12
期刊Combustion and Flame
221
DOI
出版状态已出版 - 11月 2020

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