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AUTHOR
Alexander S. Mukasyan
Influence of the high energy ball milling on structure and reactivity of the Ni+Al powder mixture
Abstract Investigation of the micro- and atomic structures for the planetary ball-milled Ni + Al mixtures has revealed existence of intermediate nano-crystalline and amorphous phases, which are not detectable by XRD analysis, but can be observed by means of HRTEM. Annealing of the milled mixtures at moderate temperature, 205–280 °C, transforms the nano-phases into crystal state and makes them XRD-detectable. These nano-scale structures may serve as nucleus for the intermetallic phases produced via reaction between Ni and Al and, therefore, decrease the activation energy of this reaction and diminish the temperature of the reaction initiation. Apparently, the active nano-phases are formed du…
Structure evolution and reaction mechanism in the Ni/Al reactive multilayer nanofoils
Abstract The extremely rapid gasless reactions in binary Ni/Al reactive multilayer nanofoils (RMNFs) are investigated both experimentally and theoretically. The quenching technique is used to study the dynamics of structural transformation on the micro- and nanoscales. The experimentally obtained patterns of structural evolution related to the heterogeneous reactions are compared with the results of molecular dynamics simulations carried out for the same reactive system. Based on the obtained data, the intrinsic mechanism of the reaction in Ni/Al RMNF is considered, which adequately explains the unusual parameters of a gasless combustion wave in such a system.
Microstructure development during NiAl intermetallic synthesis in reactive Ni–Al nanolayers: Numerical investigations vs. TEM observations
Abstract Heterogeneous reactions leading to the formation of intermetallic compounds in nanometric Ni–Al multilayer system are examined both numerically and experimentally. On the numerical side, the reactivity of a layered Ni–Al–Ni system is studied by means of molecular dynamics simulations, using an embedded-atom method (EAM) potential. The mechanism of nucleation and growth of the intermetallic phase is determined. Four main stages in the reactive process, which lead to the formation of rounded shape grains of intermetallic phase at the Ni–Al interface, are delineated. On the experimental side, TEM imaging of quenched samples revealed the behavior of the Ni–Al reactive foils and showed …