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Glumac, Nick G. Joyce, David M. 2011-05-25T14:54:10Z 2011-05-25T14:54:10Z 2011-05-25T14:54:10Z 2011-05 Metal additives are used in explosives and solid propellants in order to increase the energetic output and effectiveness of the explosives or fuel. Aluminum has been the primary solid fuel additive to solid fuel to improve the combustive properties of propellants. Several other metals are being considered for explosive material applications, such as reactive materials, reactive fragments, and metalized explosions. It is important to understand the burning characteristics of these materials in order to optimize their use. This study focuses on comparing the spectroscopic outputs of several energetic metals with that of aluminum. Spectroscopic analysis helps develop optical diagnostics for systems involving combustions of advanced metals. A shock tube experimental setup was used to ignite the powders, and resultant spectra were recorded. Metals tested include aluminum, boron, magnesium, hafnium, zirconium, titanium, manganese, silicon, strontium, and scandium. Finally, the resultant spectrum of each metal tested is explained, and an analysis on the results was performed. Item withdrawn by Mark Zulauf (zulauf@illinois.edu) on 2011-04-28T19:07:44Z Item was in collections: University of Illinois Theses & Dissertations (ID: 1) No. of bitstreams: 2 Joyce_David.doc: 6843392 bytes, checksum: cbcec866b940429dbe4366933d511ce9 (MD5) Joyce_David.pdf: 1866725 bytes, checksum: 67366f7fd88369a73d52ddd3c335072e (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2011-05-25T14:54:10Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 3 Joyce_David.pdf: 2022173 bytes, checksum: 54c20edf85176662557c0306939db9ec (MD5) license.txt: 4060 bytes, checksum: 798bc3876839731188e3ac3e2242e620 (MD5) Joyce_David.doc: 6836736 bytes, checksum: b172c94f4cbef934a82c249300c03327 (MD5) http://hdl.handle.net/2142/24008 en Copyright 2011 David M. Joyce shock tube aluminum spectroscopy combustion Combustion signatures of various energetic metal powders in a shock tube experiment Mechanical Sci & Engineering 1917 Mechanical Engineering 0133 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Thesis M.S. MS:BS/MS Mechanical Engr -UIUC 10KS4018MS