Burning Rates of Nano-Aluminum/ FC-2175/ Nickel Oxide Composites as a function of Doping, Pressure and Magnetic Field

摘要

This paper is focused on how the doping of the oxidizer affects the burning rate. The oxidizer used for this purpose is nickel oxide (NiO). It is doped with lithium (p-doping) and chromium (n-doping). The reducing agent used is nano-aluminum (nAl). Also, experiments are conducted to see the variation in burning rate with pressure for undoped and doped NiO. Lastly, the effect of magnetic field on burning rate is explored. Experiments show that doping has an effect on the burning rate. However, the variation in burning rate is also influenced by other factors like surface area and particle size. The burning rate is found to increase with pressure, and the pressure exponents for each case have also been measured. The burning rate is also found to increase in the presence of a magnetic field. This has been studied for the magnet being placed at two different locations of the pellet that is burned.