Title of Document: ENERGETIC BIOCIDAL MATERIALS AND SPORE NEUTRALIZATION Wenbo Zhou, Doctor of Philosophy, 2015 Directed By: Professor Michael R. Zachariah, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry The objective of this dissertation is to explore a more accurate and versatile approach to investigating the neutralization of spores suffered ...

To improve the combustion stability and ignition performance of thermite, B/NC/CuO micro particles were prepared from boron (B), nano copper oxide (CuO), nitrocellulose (NC) as an energetic binder through electrospray technique. The burning rate dependency on content, ambient temperature, pressure was estimated by compressing into columns. Scanning electron microscopy results show that sizes th...

The methodology of calculating parameters the primary and secondary non-metallic inclusion formation in thermite alloys is offered. regularities growth time form corundum depending on its size, mass quantity are analysed. It shown that alloy obtained by self-propagating high-temperature synthesis, average size inclusions, surrounding heterogeneous inclusions chromium carbide, 15.4 ?m. during pr...