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Postshock Spectral Radiance Measurements in Nickel and Nickel/Aluminum Powders [Book Chapter]

Conference · · Shock Compression of Condensed Matter–1991
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  1. Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Because of complications associated with temperature heterogeneities in shocked metal powders, time-resolved radiation pyrometer measurements of shock temperatures in powders with particle sizes greater than a few tens of microns cannot be made under normal laboratory conditions with uniaxial loading durations limited to about one microsecond. Fortunately, for highly porous, reactive powders, the difference between shock and postshock temperature is negligible. For loading conditions similar to those that have yielded reaction products in recovery experiments, there is no evidence of any chemical reaction in a coarse (-325 mesh) nickel/aluminum powder mixture within the first 6 μs of shock arrival, based on constraints on postshock temperatures provided by thermal radiation measurements. This result is in contrast to that for a micron-sized nickel/aluminum mixture, for which there is evidence of significant reaction on a time scale of 100 ns under similar shock loading conditions.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE; Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-76DP00789
OSTI ID:
5759288
Report Number(s):
SAND--91-1197C; CONF-9107105--35; ON: DE91014695; ISBN: 978-0-444-89732-9
Journal Information:
Shock Compression of Condensed Matter–1991, Journal Name: Shock Compression of Condensed Matter–1991
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (7)

Thermodynamic Properties of Selected Binary Aluminum Alloy Systems journal January 1987
Modeling of shock-induced chemical reactions in powder mixtures journal June 1988
Heterogeneous heating of substances under shock compression journal January 1989
Shock-induced solid-state chemical reactivity studies using time-resolved radiation pyrometry journal January 1987
Shock-induced chemical reactions in nickel-aluminum powder mixtures: Radiation pyrometer measurements journal August 1989
A sensitive time-resolved radiation pyrometer for shock-temperature measurements above 1500 K journal December 1989
Synthesis of nickel aluminides under high-pressure shock loading journal July 1985

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