Ru/Al Multilayers Integrate Maximum Energy Density and Ductility for Reactive Materials.

ABSTRACT: Established and already commercialized energetic materials, such as those based on Ni/Al for joining, lack the adequate combination of high energy density and ductile reaction products. To join components, this combination is required for mechanically reliable bonds. In addition to the improvement of existing technologies, expansion into new fields of application can also be anticipated which triggers the search for improved materials. Here, we present a comprehensive characterization of the key parameters that enables us to classify the Ru/Al system as new reactive material among other energetic systems. We finally found that Ru/Al exhibits the unusual integration of high energy density and ductility. For example, we measured reaction front velocities up to 10.9 (± 0.33) ms(-1) and peak r

SUBMITTER: Woll K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4731779 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature