Magnesium vapor induced surface disruption of metal particles

Abstract

Compositions comprising magnesium nanoparticles, a nanoscale metal or metalloid, and an oxidizer and methods of fabrication the compositions are described. One example use of such compositions is in high energy fuel applications. One example method includes fabricating a composite by adding magnesium nanoparticles to a composition of a nanoscale metal or metalloid and an oxidant. Examples of the composition resulting from the described processes provides shorter burn times and a multi-fold increase in reactivity compared to the corresponding composition comprising the same amount of nanoscale metal or metalloid and oxidizer but without the magnesium nanoparticles.

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