Experimental Study and Modelling of Combustion Front Velocity in Ti-2B and Ti-C Based Reactant Mixtures

Abstract:

Experiments on combustion synthesis for the Ti-2B and Ti-C systems diluted with an inert metal are presented. The paper shows the influence of geometry, composition, density and particle size of diluent on the combustion front velocity. A Ti-2B reactant mixture diluted with Al and Cu and a Ti-C reactant mixture diluted with Al are studied. The metallic diluent and its concentration are varied. Besides, each experiment is based on a stack of cylinders with decreasing diameter in order to vary the heat losses. In some experiments the eventual quenching of the combustion reaction has been observed. Furthermore these experimental results are compared with theoretical calculations based on analytical expressions derived for such systems.

• Periodical: Advances in Science and Technology (Volume 45)
• Pages: 2656-2663
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AST.45.2656
• Online since: October 2006
• Authors: M. Martinez Pacheco, R. Bouma, O. Arias Cuevas, Laurens Katgerman
• Keywords: Combustion Front Velocity, Combustion Synthesis (CS), Energetic Material, Gasless Combustion, Kinetic, Micropyretic Synthesis, Pyrotechnic Mixtures, SHS, Wave Front Propagation

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