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By Vijay B. Varma Assaf Cohen Min Chul Kim Setareh Vafei

MS-7001 Lab Course-2 DSC-Study of Crystalline Polymers

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nAl for various energetic applications

Propellant Applications As a High Energetic Materials and in Explosives Diesel combustion Nanothermites

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Surface/volume = 1/r Reactivity of Nano size is high

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Loss of CO2 4Al+3O22Al2O3

Al2O3 -> AlN

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DSC gives many hidden properties of nano aluminum at nano scale, like meltign in the core However, for complete analysis of thermal behavior complementary techniques are needed like TGA

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