Aluminum particle reactivity as a function of alumina shell structure: Amorphous versus crystalline
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The Department of Aerospace Engineering seeks to instruct the design, analysis, testing, and operation of vehicles which operate in air, water, or space, including studies of aerodynamics, structure mechanics, propulsion, and the like.
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The Department of Aerospace Engineering was organized as the Department of Aeronautical Engineering in 1942. Its name was changed to the Department of Aerospace Engineering in 1961. In 1990, the department absorbed the Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics and became the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics. In 2003 the name was changed back to the Department of Aerospace Engineering.
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Ames National Laboratory is a government-owned, contractor-operated national laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), operated by and located on the campus of Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa.
For more than 70 years, the Ames National Laboratory has successfully partnered with Iowa State University, and is unique among the 17 DOE laboratories in that it is physically located on the campus of a major research university. Many of the scientists and administrators at the Laboratory also hold faculty positions at the University and the Laboratory has access to both undergraduate and graduate student talent.
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The objective of this study was to investigate Al particle reactivity as a function of the Al2O3 shell phase. Aluminum particles were thermally treated to transition the shell from amorphous to crystalline and each powder was combined with polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE). Flame speeds were measured for Al + PTFE powder mixtures for two Al particle sizes that differ from micrometer (μAl) to nanometer (nAl) diameter and for both crystalline and amorphous Al2O3 shells encapsulating Al core particles. Results showed that μAl particles are more sensitive to shell phase than nAl particles. Reactions were modeled according to the melt dispersion mechanism (MDM), and altering the shell phase reduced the thickness, damaged the shell structure, impeded melt dispersion, and reduced flame speed for μAl particles by 45% and nAl particles by 12%.
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This is a manuscript of an article published as Walzel, Renita K., Valery I. Levitas, and Michelle L. Pantoya. "Aluminum particle reactivity as a function of alumina shell structure: Amorphous versus crystalline." Powder Technology (2020). DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2020.06.084. Posted with permission.