Document Type
Thesis
Date of Award
12-31-2020
Degree Name
Master of Science in Chemical Engineering - (M.S.)
Department
Chemical and Materials Engineering
First Advisor
Edward L. Dreyzin
Second Advisor
Mirko Schoenitz
Third Advisor
Murat Guvendiren
Abstract
Thirteen liquids have been explored as Process Control Agents (PCAs) for high-energy mechanical milling of two metal oxide powders, CuO and Bi2O3, with the practical purpose to reduce the sizes of powder particles and refine their crystal structure. Multiple liquid properties have been considered to analyze their effect on evolution of both particle and crystallite sizes during milling for each oxide. Experimental data were analyzed using the δ-AICc (Akaike Information criterion) correlation function applied to linear relations between liquid properties and powder characteristics. Multiple linear correlation models were ranked based on the highest log-likelihood and the lowest δ-AICc values. Liquid properties affecting milling outcomes in each case were identified; the data also identified specific liquids that are most effective PCAs. Respectively, a PCA was selected to prepare and characterize B-based thermites with both oxides forming binary oxidizers with varied compositions. Thermal analysis of these reactive composites was conducted along with the ignition and combustion experiments. It was observed that thermites with binary oxidizers had distinct characteristics of low-temperature oxidation; however, the differences between different thermites diminished during their combustion tests.
Recommended Citation
Gandhi, Purvam Mehulkumar, "Preparation and characterization of reactive composites combining boron with mixed oxides" (2020). Theses. 1804.
https://digitalcommons.njit.edu/theses/1804
