1st Edition
Combustion for Material Synthesis
Self-propagating High-temperature Synthesis: History and Present
Discovery
Gasless combustion synthesis
Combustion synthesis with gasification of the reagents
Combustion synthesis in gas–solid systems
Combustion synthesis with a reduction stage: the thermite type systems and nanothermites
Combustion synthesis with inorganic compounds as precursors
Thermal decomposition of complex compounds
Solution combustion synthesis
Mechanical activation of initial powder mixtures for SHS
Reactive multilayer nanofilms (foils)
Thermodynamics and Kinetics of SHS
Introduction
Thermodynamics and driving force of SHS processes
Kinetics of heterogeneous reactions
Theory of Structural Macrokinetics
Introduction: The concept of structural macrokinetics
Macrokinetics of thermal explosion
Macrokinetics of combustion
Theoretical models of structure formation in SHS
Conclusion
Experimental Structural Macrokinetics of SHS Processes
Experimental methods
Experimental results
Commercialization and Industrial Applications of SHS Products
Introduction
Powders and cakes
Ceramic materials
Cermets and functionally graded materials
Products of SHS metallurgy
Application of multilayer reaction nanofilms
Conclusion
Endnotes
References
Index
Biography
Dr. Alexander S. Rogachev is a head of the Laboratory of "Dynamics of Micro-heterogeneous Processes" in the Institute of Structural Macrokinetics and Materials Science, Russian Academy of Sciences; he is also Professor at National Research Technical University "Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys" and Academician of the Word Academy of Ceramics. In research work, Dr. Rogachev primarily focuses on the mechanisms of phase and structure transformations during high-temperature rapid reactions and their relations to the mechanisms of combustion wave propagation in micro/nano-heterogeneous media. He has more than 30 years of experience working in the field of combustion synthesis. Author of more than 200 publications in this field.
Dr. Alexander Mukasyan is a Professor at Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame (USA). His scientific interest is related to a synthesis of advanced materials, nanotechnology, environmental science and novel alternative energy sources, including fuel cells, hydrogen production and storage. He is the author of three books and more than 200 research publications in archive journals and patents in the fields of engineering of advanced materials, catalysis, high energy density materials and heterogeneous combustion.
