INFLUENCE OF NANODISPERSED METAL POWDERS ON THE COMBUSTION OF ENERGY CONDENSED SYSTEMS BASED ON AMMONIUM NITRATE WITH DIFFERENT TYPE OF POLYMER BINDER

Определены особенности горения энергетических композиций на основе инертного и активного горючих-связующих с нитратом аммония в диапазоне давлений до 10 Мпа. Представлен сравнительный анализ влияния наноразмерных порошков металлов на процесс горения композиций с различными наполнителями: октоген, нитрат аммония, CL-20. Показана эффективность нанопорошков металлов (Cu, Ni, Mo, Al, Zn) и неметалла (B) в качестве катализаторов горения. The features of combustion of energy compositions based on inert and active combustible binders with ammonium nitrate in the pressure range up to 10 MPa have been determined. A comparative analysis of the effect of nanosized metal powders on the combustion process of compositions with various fillers: HMX, ammonium nitrate, CL-20 is presented. The efficiency of metal (Cu, Ni, Mo, Al, Zn) and non-metal (B) nano powders as combustion catalysts is shown.

Viscosity Analysis of Battery Electrode Slurry

We report the effects of component ratios and mixing time on electrode slurry viscosity. Three component quantities were varied: active material (graphite), conductive material (carbon black), and polymer binder (carboxymethyl cellulose, CMC). The slurries demonstrated shear-thinning behavior, and suspension properties stabilized after a relatively short mixing duration. However, micrographs of the slurries suggested their internal structures did not stabilize after the same mixing time. Increasing the content of polymer binder CMC caused the greatest viscosity increase compared to that of carbon black and graphite.

New sorbents for electrochromatography based on polymer-inorganic dielectric composites

Oligomeric diisocyanate based coatings with different contents of barium titanate (BaTiO3) submicron sized particles as a ferroelectric filler are synthesized on poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) supports. The study of thus obtained coatings using confocal scanning electron microscopy allowed the characterization of their morphology and features of BaTiO3 particles distribution in the polymer binder, including the determination of threshold filler contents corresponding to the formation of an infinite cluster, matrix-island and chain-like structures as well as the percolation. Dielectric permittivity and dielectric losses of the composites are measured and studied depending on BaTiO3 filler content and relating structural features.

Polymer-bonded secondary explosives

In this paper, a review of the available literature on physical and explosive properties of explosive compositions containing a secondary explosive and a polymer binder (PBX) is presented. The review focused on an analysis of the properties of compositions containing mostly synthetic polymers. The review showed that, at the moment, the most commonly used composition is a hexogen-based explosive bonded with a chemically cross-linked hydroxylterminated polybutadiene. The use of energetic polymers in PBX compositions was observed only in the experimental systems tested on a laboratory scale. The most popular methods of forming compositions include pressing a previously phlegmatized explosive or chemical cross-linking of the composition in the projectile shell. Compositions which can be formed and reloaded using injection machines are known, but due to many limitations, the method is not widely used.

Rheological Properties of Aqueous Sodium Alginate Slurries for LTO Battery Electrodes

Rheological properties of electrode slurries have been intensively studied for manifold different combinations of active materials and binders. Standardly, solvent-based systems are under use, but a trend towards water-based electrode manufacturing is becoming more and more important. The different solvent is beneficial in terms of sustainability and process safety but is also accompanied by some disadvantages such as extraction of residual humidity and a higher complexity concerning slurry stability. Li4Ti5O12 (LTO) active material provides good long-term stability and can be processed in aqueous solutions. Combining the LTO active material with sodium alginate (SA) as a promising biobased polymer binder reveals good electrochemical properties but suffers from bad slurry stability. In this work, we present a comprehensive rheological study on material interactions in anode slurries consisting of LTO and SA, based on a complex interaction of differentially sized materials. The use of two different surfactants—namely, an anionic and non-ionic one, to enhance slurry stability, compared with surfactant-free slurry.

Composite Material for the Manufacture of Plastic Sleepers

The composite materials intended for the manufacture of plastic sleepers were produced, which significantly differ from the materials widely used in railway transport of wooden and reinforced concrete sleepers. The coefficients of linear thermal expansion of the obtained materials are significantly lower. Polyvinyl chloride is used as a polymer binder, and the filler is a mixture of softwood flour with the mineral filler in the form of finely ground chalk. It was shown that by varying the content of the components of the composite, a change in its density is achieved by 19%, and the change in the value of the coefficient of linear thermal expansion depends on the temperature and relaxation of internal stresses in the samples, varying by 18.7 times – from 288.4·10-6 to 15.4·10-6 °C -1.