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Publication history: Received March 15, 2016
Accepted June 20, 2016

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Combustion of boron particles coated with an energetic polymer material

Weon Gyu Shin Doohee Han¹ Yohan Park² Hyung Soo Hyun³ Hong-Gye Sung^1† Youngku Sohn^2†

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Korea ¹School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Korea Aerospace University, Goyang, Gyeonggi-do 21071, Korea ²Department of Chemistry, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, Gyeongbuk 38541, Korea ³The Fourth R&D Institute, Agency for Defense Development, Daejeon 34188, Korea

hgsung@kau.ac.kr

Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, October 2016, 33(10), 3016-3020(5), 10.1007/s11814-016-0173-8

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Abstract

Elemental boron has attracted considerable attention as a potential high energetic material for explosives and propellants. However, its use has been hindered by its high vaporization temperature and surface oxide layer. In this study, boron particles were coated with glycidyl azide polymer (GAP) to improve their combustion characteristics. The coated particles were characterized by transmission electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy. XPS performed before and after Ar+ ion sputtering confirmed that the azide (-N3) group of GAP was positioned at the proximity of the boron surface. In addition, B@GAP particles could be decorated with metallic Ag (~10 nm) nanoparticles. The combustion characteristics were examined using a newly designed pre-heated (1,800 K) drop tube furnace and a high speed camera. Two stages of combustion were observed for a dust cloud of GAP-coated boron particles. The burning time was estimated to be approximately 37.5msec.

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Boron Glycidyl Azide Polymer Drop Tube Furnace Combustion Burning Time

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