Combustion of fluoropolymer coated Al and Al–Mg alloy powders

• Main Authors: Nie, Hongqi, Pisharath, Sreekumar, Hng, Huey Hoon
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science and Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Engineering::Materials; Metal Fuels; Fluoropolymer
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/152306
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This work presents an experimental investigation of the combustion characteristics of micron scale aluminum and aluminum-magnesium alloy powders coated with a thin layer of fluoropolymer. Burn times of the coated powders ignited by CO₂ laser were estimated from the time resolved emission signals rec...