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Wagner B, Kim M, Chowdhury M, Vidales Pasos E, Hizon K, Ghildiyal P, Zachariah MR, Mangolini L. Enhancing the Combustion of Magnesium Nanoparticles via Low-Temperature Plasma-Induced Hydrogenation. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2023; 15:51639-51649. [PMID: 37899592 PMCID: PMC10636712 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c12696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2023] [Revised: 10/14/2023] [Accepted: 10/17/2023] [Indexed: 10/31/2023]
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The hydrogenation of metal nanoparticles provides a pathway toward tuning their combustion characteristics. Metal hydrides have been employed as solid-fuel additives for rocket propellants, pyrotechnics, and explosives. Gas generation during combustion is beneficial to prevent aggregation and sintering of particles, enabling a more complete fuel utilization. Here, we discuss a novel approach for the synthesis of magnesium hydride nanoparticles based on a two-step aerosol process. Mg particles are first nucleated and grown via thermal evaporation, followed immediately by in-flight exposure to a hydrogen-rich low-temperature plasma. During the second step, atomic hydrogen generated by the plasma rapidly diffuses into the Mg lattice, forming particles with a significant fraction of MgH2. We find that hydrogenated Mg nanoparticles have an ignition temperature that is reduced by ∼200 °C when combusted with potassium perchlorate as an oxidizer, compared to the non-hydrogenated Mg material. This is due to the release of hydrogen from the fuel, jumpstarting its combustion. In addition, characterization of the plasma processes suggests that a careful balance between the dissociation of molecular hydrogen and heating of the nanoparticles must be achieved to avoid hydrogen desorption during production and achieve a significant degree of hydrogenation.
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- Brandon Wagner
- Materials
Science and Engineering Program, University
of California Riverside, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Department
of Mechanical Engineering, University of
California Riverside, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Department
of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of California Riverside, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Department
of Mechanical Engineering, University of
California Riverside, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Department
of Mechanical Engineering, University of
California Riverside, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Department
of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of California Riverside, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Department
of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of California Riverside, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Materials
Science and Engineering Program, University
of California Riverside, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, California 92521, United States
- Department
of Mechanical Engineering, University of
California Riverside, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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Zhang Y, Zhao B, He L, Zeng H, Chang Y. Study on Microwave-Assisted Ignition Using a Novel Aero-Engine Combustor. Sensors (Basel) 2023; 23:s23115056. [PMID: 37299783 DOI: 10.3390/s23115056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2023] [Revised: 05/20/2023] [Accepted: 05/22/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Microwave plasma can improve the performance of ignition and combustion, as well as reduce pollutant emissions. By designing a novel microwave feeding device, the combustor can be used as a cavity resonator to generate microwave plasma and improve the performance of ignition and combustion. In order to feed the energy of microwave into the combustor as much as possible, and effectively adapt to the change in resonance frequency of combustor during ignition and combustion, the combustor was designed and manufactured by optimizing the size of slot antenna and setting the tuning screws, according to the simulation results of HFSS software (version: 2019 R 3). The relationship between the size, position of metal tip in the combustor and the discharge voltage was studied using HFSS software, as well as the interaction between ignition kernel, flame and microwave. The resonant characteristics of combustor and the discharge of microwave-assisted igniter were subsequently studied via experiments. The results show that the combustor as microwave cavity resonator has a wider resonance curve and can adapt to the change in resonance frequency during ignition and combustion. It is also indicated that microwave can enhance the discharge development of igniter and increase the discharge size. Based on this, the electric and magnetic field effects of microwave are decoupled.
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- Yunwei Zhang
- Aviation Engineering School, Air Force Engineering University, Xi'an 710038, China
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- Aviation Engineering School, Air Force Engineering University, Xi'an 710038, China
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- Aviation Engineering School, Air Force Engineering University, Xi'an 710038, China
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- Aviation Engineering School, Air Force Engineering University, Xi'an 710038, China
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- Aviation Engineering School, Air Force Engineering University, Xi'an 710038, China
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Hu Z, Di Q, Liu B, Li Y, He Y, Zhu Q, Xu Q, Dagaut P, Hansen N, Sarathy SM, Xing L, Truhlar DG, Wang Z. Elucidating the photodissociation fingerprint and quantifying the determination of organic hydroperoxides in gas-phase autoxidation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2023; 120:e2220131120. [PMID: 36848575 PMCID: PMC10013783 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2220131120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2022] [Accepted: 01/12/2023] [Indexed: 03/01/2023] Open
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Hydroperoxides are formed in the atmospheric oxidation of volatile organic compounds, in the combustion autoxidation of fuel, in the cold environment of the interstellar medium, and also in some catalytic reactions. They play crucial roles in the formation and aging of secondary organic aerosols and in fuel autoignition. However, the concentration of organic hydroperoxides is seldom measured, and typical estimates have large uncertainties. In this work, we developed a mild and environmental-friendly method for the synthesis of alkyl hydroperoxides (ROOH) with various structures, and we systematically measured the absolute photoionization cross-sections (PICSs) of the ROOHs using synchrotron vacuum ultraviolet-photoionization mass spectrometry (SVUV-PIMS). A chemical titration method was combined with an SVUV-PIMS measurement to obtain the PICS of 4-hydroperoxy-2-pentanone, a typical molecule for combustion and atmospheric autoxidation ketohydroperoxides (KHPs). We found that organic hydroperoxide cations are largely dissociated by loss of OOH. This fingerprint was used for the identification and accurate quantification of the organic peroxides, and it can therefore be used to improve models for autoxidation chemistry. The synthesis method and photoionization dataset for organic hydroperoxides are useful for studying the chemistry of hydroperoxides and the reaction kinetics of the hydroperoxy radicals and for developing and evaluating kinetic models for the atmospheric autoxidation and combustion autoxidation of the organic compounds.
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- Zhihong Hu
- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui230029, P. R. China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui230029, P. R. China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui230029, P. R. China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui230029, P. R. China
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- Energy and Power Engineering Institute, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, Henan471003, China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui230029, P. R. China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui230029, P. R. China
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- CNRS, Institut National des Sciences de l’Ingénierie et des Systèmes, Institut de Combustion, Aérothermique, Réactivité et Environnement, Orléans45071, cedex 2, France
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- Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA94551
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Clean Combustion Research Center, Thuwal23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Energy and Power Engineering Institute, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, Henan471003, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Chemical Theory Center, and Minnesota Supercomputing Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN55455-0431
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui230029, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Fire Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui230026, P. R. China
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Uribe C, Escrichs A, de Filippi E, Sanz-Perl Y, Junque C, Gomez-Gil E, Kringelbach ML, Guillamon A, Deco G. Whole-brain dynamics differentiate among cisgender and transgender individuals. Hum Brain Mapp 2022; 43:4103-4115. [PMID: 35583382 PMCID: PMC9374880 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.25905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2021] [Revised: 04/25/2022] [Accepted: 04/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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How the brain represents gender identity is largely unknown, but some neural differences have recently been discovered. We used an intrinsic ignition framework to investigate whether there are gender differences in the propagation of neural activity across the whole-brain and within resting-state networks. Studying 29 trans men and 17 trans women with gender incongruence, 22 cis women, and 19 cis men, we computed the capability of a given brain area in space to propagate activity to other areas (mean-ignition), and the variability across time for each brain area (node-metastability). We found that both measurements differentiated all groups across the whole brain. At the network level, we found that compared to the other groups, cis men showed higher mean-ignition of the dorsal attention network and node-metastability of the dorsal and ventral attention, executive control, and temporal parietal networks. We also found higher mean-ignition values in cis men than in cis women within the executive control network, but higher mean-ignition in cis women than cis men and trans men for the default mode. Node-metastability was higher in cis men than cis women in the somatomotor network, while both mean-ignition and node-metastability were higher for cis men than trans men in the limbic network. Finally, we computed correlations between these measurements and a body image satisfaction score. Trans men's dissatisfaction as well as cis men's and cis women's satisfaction toward their own body image were distinctively associated with specific networks in each group. Overall, the study of the whole-brain network dynamical complexity discriminates gender identity groups, functional dynamic approaches could help disentangle the complex nature of the gender dimension in the brain.
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- Carme Uribe
- Unitat de Psicologia Medica, Departament de Medicina, Institute of Neuroscience, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.,Institute of Biomedical Research August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain.,Research Imaging Centre, Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Computational Neuroscience Group, Center for Brain and Cognition, Department of Information and Communication Technologies, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Computational Neuroscience Group, Center for Brain and Cognition, Department of Information and Communication Technologies, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Computational Neuroscience Group, Center for Brain and Cognition, Department of Information and Communication Technologies, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Unitat de Psicologia Medica, Departament de Medicina, Institute of Neuroscience, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.,Institute of Biomedical Research August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.,Centre for Eudaimonia and Human Flourishing, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.,Center for Music in the Brain, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Departamento de Psicobiologia, Facultad de Psicologia, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia, Madrid, Spain
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- Computational Neuroscience Group, Center for Brain and Cognition, Department of Information and Communication Technologies, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.,Institució Catalana de la Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.,Department of Neuropsychology, Max Planck Institute for human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany.,Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Baek J, Jiang Y, Demko AR, Jimenez-Thomas AR, Vallez L, Ka D, Xia Y, Zheng X. Effect of Fluoroalkylsilane Surface Functionalization on Boron Combustion. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2022; 14:20190-20196. [PMID: 35467848 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c00347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Boron has been regarded as a promising high-energy fuel due to its high volumetric and gravimetric heating values. However, it remains challenging for boron to attain its theoretical heat of combustion because of the existence of its native boron oxide layer and its high melting and boiling temperatures that delay ignition and inhibit complete combustion. Boron combustion is known to be enhanced by physically adding fluorine-containing chemicals, such as fluoropolymer or metal fluorides, to remove surface boron oxides. Herein, we chemically functionalize the surface of boron particles with three different fluoroalkylsilanes: FPTS-B (F3-B), FOTS-B (F13-B), and FDTS-B (F17-B). We evaluated the ignition and combustion properties of those three functionalized boron particles as well as pristine ones. The boron particles functionalized with the longest fluorocarbon chain (F17) exhibit the most powerful energetic performance, the highest heat of combustion, and the strongest BO2 emission among all samples. These results suggest that the surface functionalization with fluoroalkylsilanes is an efficient strategy to enhance boron ignition and combustion.
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- Jihyun Baek
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, 1 Administration Circle, China Lake, California 93555, United States
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- Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, 1 Administration Circle, China Lake, California 93555, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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Tureková I, Ivanovičová M, Harangózo J, Gašpercová S, Marková I. Experimental Study of the Influence of Selected Factors on the Particle Board Ignition by Radiant Heat Flux. Polymers (Basel) 2022; 14:polym14091648. [PMID: 35566818 PMCID: PMC9100599 DOI: 10.3390/polym14091648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2022] [Revised: 04/12/2022] [Accepted: 04/14/2022] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Particleboards are used in the manufacturing of furniture and are often part of the interior of buildings. In the event of a fire, particleboards are a substantial part of the fuel in many building fires. The aim of the article is to monitor the effect of radiant heat on the surface of particle board according to the modified procedure ISO 5657: 1997. The significance of the influence of heat flux density and particle board properties on its thermal resistance (time to ignition) was monitored. Experimental samples were used particle board without surface treatment, with thicknesses of 12, 15, and 18 mm. The samples were exposed to a heat flux from 40 to 50 kW·m−2. The experimental results are the initiation characteristics such as of the ignition temperature and the weight loss. The determined factors influencing the time to ignition and weight loss were the thickness and density of the plate material, the density of the radiant heat flux and the distance of the particle board from the radiant source (20, 40, and 60 mm). The obtained results show a significant dependence of the time to ignition on the thickness of the sample and on the heat flux density. The weight loss is significantly dependent on the thickness of the particle board. Monitoring the influence of time to ignition from sample distance confirmed a statistically significant dependence. As the distance of the sample from the source increased, the time to ignition decreased linearly. As the distance of the sample from the source increased, the time to ignition increased.
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- Ivana Tureková
- Department of Technology and Information Technologies, Faculty of Education, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Tr. A. Hlinku 1, 949 74 Nitra, Slovakia; (I.T.); (M.I.); (J.H.)
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- Department of Technology and Information Technologies, Faculty of Education, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Tr. A. Hlinku 1, 949 74 Nitra, Slovakia; (I.T.); (M.I.); (J.H.)
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- Department of Technology and Information Technologies, Faculty of Education, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Tr. A. Hlinku 1, 949 74 Nitra, Slovakia; (I.T.); (M.I.); (J.H.)
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- Department of Fire Engineering, Faculty of Security Engineering, University of Žilina, Univerzitná 1, 010 26 Zilina, Slovakia;
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- Department of Fire Engineering, Faculty of Security Engineering, University of Žilina, Univerzitná 1, 010 26 Zilina, Slovakia;
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +421-041-513-6799
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Ma Y, Zhang K, Ma S, He J, Gai X, Zhang X. Ignition and Combustion Characteristic of B·Mg Alloy Powders. Materials (Basel) 2022; 15:ma15082717. [PMID: 35454411 PMCID: PMC9032847 DOI: 10.3390/ma15082717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2022] [Revised: 04/02/2022] [Accepted: 04/03/2022] [Indexed: 12/10/2022]
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Boron and its alloys have been explored a lot and it is expected that they can replace pure aluminum powder in the energetic formulation of active materials. MgB2 compounds were prepared and characterized by a combination of mechanical alloying and heat treatment. The ignition and combustion of boron–magnesium alloys were studied with the ignition wire method and laser ignition infrared temperature measurement. The results show that MgB2 has good ignition characteristics with maximum ignition temperatures obtained by the two various methods of 1292 K and 1293 K, respectively. Compared with boron, the ignition temperature of MgB2 is greatly reduced after alloying. The ignition reaction of MgB2 mainly occurs on the surface and the ignition process has two stages. In the initial stage of ignition, the large flame morphology and combustion state are close to the combustion with gaseous Mg, whereas the subsequent combustion process is close to the combustion process of B. Compared with boron, the ignition temperature of MgB2 is greatly reduced which suggests that MgB2 may be used in gunpowder, propellant, explosives, and pyrotechnics due to its improved ignition performance.
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Ma X, Zhao W, Le W, Li J, Chen P, Jiao Q. Synergetic Effect of Potassium Oxysalts on Combustion and Ignition of Al/CuO Composites. Nanomaterials (Basel) 2021; 11:3366. [PMID: 34947715 PMCID: PMC8705615 DOI: 10.3390/nano11123366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2021] [Revised: 12/10/2021] [Accepted: 12/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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In this study, we studied the synergetic effect of potassium oxysalts on combustion and ignition of nano aluminum (Al) and nano copper oxide (CuO) composites. Potassium periodate (KIO4) and potassium perchlorate (KClO4) are good oxidizers with high oxygen content and strong oxidizability. Different contents of KIO4 and KClO4 were added to nano Al/CuO and the composites were assembled by sonication. When the peak pressure of nano Al/CuO was increased ~5-13 times, the pressurization rate was improved by ~1-3 orders of magnitude, the ignition delay time was shortened by ~0.08 ms-0.52 ms and the reaction completeness was adjustable when 30-70% KIO4 and KClO4 were added into the composites. The reaction of Al/KIO4 and Al/KClO4 at a lower temperature was helpful to ignite the ternary composite. Meanwhile, CuO significantly reduced the peak temperature of oxygen released from the decomposition of KIO4 and KClO4. The synergetic effect of binary oxidizers made the combustion performance of the ternary composites better than that of the binary composites. The present work indicates that KIO4 and KClO4 are promising additives for nano Al/CuO to tune and promote the combustion performance. The ternary composites have potential application in energy devices and combustion apparatus.
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- State Key Laboratory of Explosion Science and Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China; (X.M.); (W.L.); (J.L.); (P.C.); (Q.J.)
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Barkley SJ, Lawrence AR, Zohair M, Smithhisler OL, Pint CL, Michael JB, Sippel TR. Smart Electromagnetic Thermites: GO/rGO Nanoscale Thermite Composites with Thermally Switchable Microwave Ignitability. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2021; 13:39678-39688. [PMID: 34232011 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c04476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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This effort demonstrates the development of a novel, graphene oxide nanoscale thermite composite with thermally tunable microwave ignitability. A model thermite system containing nanoscale aluminum and nanoscale iron(II) oxide in a stoichiometric ratio (30/70 wt %) was combined with sheets of graphene oxide (GO) or reduced graphene oxide (rGO) using an immiscible two-fluid sonication and tape casting process. The samples were microwave irradiated within a single-mode resonant microwave cavity to determine the microwave ignition delay. Neat thermites were found to ignite after 4.34 s of microwave illumination, whereas 30 wt % rGO thermite composite ignition delay was an order of magnitude shorter (0.43 s). For most samples (4 of 6 trials), it was found that application of a 30 wt % GO coating inhibits microwave ignition of the thermite. Thermal treatment of the GO thermite composite led to switching of thermites from unignitable to ignitable with microwave field application as short as 0.24 s due to GO reduction. Optimum heat treatment time and GO content are explored with SEM, DSC/TGA-MS, Raman, and XPS deconvolution. This effort demonstrates the use of GO and rGO addition to achieve thermally switchable microwave ignitability to electromagnetically shield or enhance nanoscale energetic ignition by microwave energy.
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- Stuart J Barkley
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames Iowa 50011, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames Iowa 50011, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames Iowa 50011, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames Iowa 50011, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames Iowa 50011, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames Iowa 50011, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames Iowa 50011, United States
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Garcia-Martinez F, García-Fernández C, Simonovis JP, Hunt A, Walter A, Waluyo I, Bertram F, Merte LR, Shipilin M, Pfaff S, Blomberg S, Zetterberg J, Gustafson J, Lundgren E, Sánchez-Portal D, Schiller F, Ortega JE. Corrigendum: Catalytic Oxidation of CO on a Curved Pt(111) Surface: Simultaneous Ignition at All Facets through a Transient CO-O Complex. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:11021. [PMID: 33942456 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202104094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Qadri UA, Magri L, Ihme M, Schmid PJ. Using adjoint-based optimization to enhance ignition in non-premixed jets. Proc Math Phys Eng Sci 2021; 477:20200472. [PMID: 33642926 PMCID: PMC7897636 DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2020.0472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2020] [Accepted: 12/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Gradient-based optimization is used to reliably and optimally induce ignition in three examples of laminar non-premixed mixture configurations. Using time-integrated heat release as a cost functional, the non-convex optimization problem identified optimal energy source locations that coincide with the stoichiometric local mixture fraction surface for short optimization horizons, while for longer horizons, the hydrodynamics plays an increasingly important role and a balance between flow and chemistry features determines non-trivial optimal ignition locations. Rather than identifying a single optimal ignition location, the results of this study show that there may be several equally good ignition locations in a given flow configuration.
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- Ubaid Ali Qadri
- Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1PZ, UK
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- Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1PZ, UK
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- Center for Turbulence Research, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Mathematics, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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Valluri SK, Schoenitz M, Dreizin E. Preparation and Characterization of Silicon-Metal Fluoride Reactive Composites. Nanomaterials (Basel) 2020; 10:E2367. [PMID: 33260738 DOI: 10.3390/nano10122367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2020] [Revised: 11/12/2020] [Accepted: 11/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Fuel-rich composite powders combining elemental Si with the metal fluoride oxidizers BiF3 and CoF2 were prepared by arrested reactive milling. Reactivity of the composite powders was assessed using thermoanalytical measurements in both inert (Ar) and oxidizing (Ar/O2) environments. Powders were ignited using an electrically heated filament; particle combustion experiments were performed in room air using a CO2 laser as an ignition source. Both composites showed accelerated oxidation of Si when heated in oxidizing environments and ignited readily using the heated filament. Elemental Si, used as a reference, did not exhibit appreciable oxidation when heated under the same conditions and could not be ignited using either a heated filament or laser. Lower-temperature Si fluoride formation and oxidation were observed for the composites with BiF3; respectively, the ignition temperature for these composite powders was also lower. Particle combustion experiments were successful with the Si/BiF3 composite. The statistical distribution of the measured particle burn times was correlated with the measured particle size distribution to establish the effect of particle sizes on their burn times. The measured burn times were close to those measured for similar composites with Al and B serving as fuels.
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Garcia-Martinez F, García-Fernández C, Simonovis JP, Hunt A, Walter A, Waluyo I, Bertram F, Merte LR, Shipilin M, Pfaff S, Blomberg S, Zetterberg J, Gustafson J, Lundgren E, Sánchez-Portal D, Schiller F, Ortega JE. Catalytic Oxidation of CO on a Curved Pt(111) Surface: Simultaneous Ignition at All Facets through a Transient CO-O Complex*. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:20037-20043. [PMID: 32701180 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202007195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2020] [Revised: 07/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The catalytic oxidation of CO on transition metals, such as Pt, is commonly viewed as a sharp transition from the CO-inhibited surface to the active metal, covered with O. However, we find that minor amounts of O are present in the CO-poisoned layer that explain why, surprisingly, CO desorbs at stepped and flat Pt crystal planes at once, regardless of the reaction conditions. Using near-ambient pressure X-ray photoemission and a curved Pt(111) crystal we probe the chemical composition at surfaces with variable step density during the CO oxidation reaction. Analysis of C and O core levels across the curved crystal reveals that, right before light-off, subsurface O builds up within (111) terraces. This is key to trigger the simultaneous ignition of the catalytic reaction at different Pt surfaces: a CO-Pt-O complex is formed that equals the CO chemisorption energy at terraces and steps, leading to the abrupt desorption of poisoning CO from all crystal facets at the same temperature.
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- Fernando Garcia-Martinez
- Centro de Física de Materiales CSIC/UPV-EHU-, Materials Physics Center, Manuel Lardizabal 5, 20018, San Sebastian, Spain
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- Centro de Física de Materiales CSIC/UPV-EHU-, Materials Physics Center, Manuel Lardizabal 5, 20018, San Sebastian, Spain
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- National Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, 11973, USA
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- National Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, 11973, USA
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- National Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, 11973, USA
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- National Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, 11973, USA
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- Department of Physics, Lund University, 221 000, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Lund University, 221 000, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Lund University, 221 000, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Lund University, 221 000, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Lund University, 221 000, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Lund University, 221 000, Lund, Sweden
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- Centro de Física de Materiales CSIC/UPV-EHU-, Materials Physics Center, Manuel Lardizabal 5, 20018, San Sebastian, Spain
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- Centro de Física de Materiales CSIC/UPV-EHU-, Materials Physics Center, Manuel Lardizabal 5, 20018, San Sebastian, Spain
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- Centro de Física de Materiales CSIC/UPV-EHU-, Materials Physics Center, Manuel Lardizabal 5, 20018, San Sebastian, Spain.,Departamento Física Aplicada I, Universidad del País Vasco, 20018, San Sebastian, Spain.,Donostia International Physics Centre, Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 4, 20018, San Sebastian, Spain
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Zarko V, Glazunov A. Review of Experimental Methods for Measuring the Ignition and Combustion Characteristics of Metal Nanoparticles. Nanomaterials (Basel) 2020; 10:E2008. [PMID: 33053683 DOI: 10.3390/nano10102008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2020] [Revised: 10/01/2020] [Accepted: 10/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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Investigations in recent decades have shown that the combustion mechanism of metal particles changes dramatically with diminishing size. Consequently, theoretical description of the ignition and combustion of metal nanoparticles requires additional research. At the same time, to substantiate theoretical models, it is necessary to obtain objective experimental information about characteristics of ignition and combustion processes, which is associated with solving serious technical problems. The presented review analyzes specific features of existing experimental methods implied for studying ignition and combustion of metal nanoparticles. This particularly concerns the methods for correct determination of nanoparticles size, correct description of their heat-exchange parameters, and determining the ignition delay and combustion times. It is stressed that the problem exists of adequate comparison of the data obtained with the use of different techniques of particles’ injection into a hot gas zone and the use of different methods of reaction time measurement. Additionally, available in the literature, data are obtained for particles of different material purity and different state of oxide layer. Obviously, it is necessary to characterize in detail all relevant parameters of a particle’s material and measurement techniques. It is also necessary to continue developing advanced approaches for obtaining narrow fractions of nanoparticles and for detailed recording of dynamic particles’ behavior in a hot gas environment.
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Sokolov S, Vorozhtsov A, Arkhipov V, Zhukov I. The Study of HEMs Based on the Mechanically Activated Intermetallic Al 12Mg 17 Powder. Molecules 2020; 25:E3561. [PMID: 32764466 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25163561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2020] [Revised: 07/13/2020] [Accepted: 07/19/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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In this work, Al–Mg intermetallic powders were characterized and obtained by melting, casting into a steel chill and subsequent mechanical activation in a planetary mill. The method for producing Al12Mg17 intermetallic powder is presented. The dispersity, morphology, chemical composition, and phase composition of the obtained powder materials were investigated. Certain thermodynamic properties of high-energy materials containing the Al-Mg powder after mechanical activation of various durations were investigated. The addition of the Al-Mg powders to the high-energy composition (synthetic rubber SKDM-80 + ammonium perchlorate AP + boron B) can significantly increase the burning rate by approximately 47% and the combustion heat by approximately 23% compared with the high-energy compositions without the Al-Mg powder. The addition of the Al12Mg17 powder obtained after 6 h of mechanical activation provides an increase in the burning rate by 8% (2.5 ± 0.1 mm/s for the mechanically activated Al12Mg17 powder and 2.3 ± 0.1 mm/s for the commercially available powder) and an increase in the combustion heat by 3% (7.4 ± 0.2 MJ/kg for the mechanically activated Al-Mg powder and 7.1 ± 0.2 MJ/kg for the commercially available powder). The possibility of using the Al-Mg intermetallic powders as the main component of pyrotechnic and special compositions is shown.
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Escrichs A, Sanjuán A, Atasoy S, López-González A, Garrido C, Càmara E, Deco G. Characterizing the Dynamical Complexity Underlying Meditation. Front Syst Neurosci 2019; 13:27. [PMID: 31354439 PMCID: PMC6637306 DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2019.00027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2019] [Accepted: 06/27/2019] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Over the past 2,500 years, contemplative traditions have explored the nature of the mind using meditation. More recently, neuroimaging research on meditation has revealed differences in brain function and structure in meditators. Nevertheless, the underlying neural mechanisms are still unclear. In order to understand how meditation shapes global activity through the brain, we investigated the spatiotemporal dynamics across the whole-brain functional network using the Intrinsic Ignition Framework. Recent neuroimaging studies have demonstrated that different states of consciousness differ in their underlying dynamical complexity, i.e., how the broadness of communication is elicited and distributed through the brain over time and space. In this work, controls and experienced meditators were scanned using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during resting-state and meditation (focused attention on breathing). Our results evidenced that the dynamical complexity underlying meditation shows less complexity than during resting-state in the meditator group but not in the control group. Furthermore, we report that during resting-state, the brain activity of experienced meditators showed higher metastability (i.e., a wider dynamical regime over time) than the one observed in the control group. Overall, these results indicate that the meditation state operates in a different dynamical regime compared to the resting-state.
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- Anira Escrichs
- Computational Neuroscience Group, Department of Information and Communication Technologies, Center for Brain and Cognition, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.,Cognition and Brain Plasticity Unit, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- Computational Neuroscience Group, Department of Information and Communication Technologies, Center for Brain and Cognition, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Computational Neuroscience Group, Department of Information and Communication Technologies, Center for Brain and Cognition, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Radiology Unit, Hospital Clínic Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Cognition and Brain Plasticity Unit, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.,Department of Cognition, Development and Educational Psychology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Computational Neuroscience Group, Department of Information and Communication Technologies, Center for Brain and Cognition, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.,Institució Catalana de la Recerca i Estudis Avançats, Barcelona, Spain
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Brey SJ, Barnes EA, Pierce JR, Wiedinmyer C, Fischer EV. Environmental Conditions, Ignition Type, and Air Quality Impacts of Wildfires in the Southeastern and Western United States. Earths Future 2018; 6:1442-1456. [PMID: 31008140 PMCID: PMC6472659 DOI: 10.1029/2018ef000972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2018] [Revised: 09/07/2018] [Accepted: 09/16/2018] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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This research contrasts the environmental conditions, meteorological drivers, and air quality impacts of human- and lightning-ignited wildfires in the southeastern and western United States, the two continental U.S. regions with the most wildfire burn area. We use the Fire Program Analysis Wildfire Occurrence Data (FPA FOD) to determine wildfire abundance and ignition sources between 1992 and 2015. We investigate specific ecoregions within these two U.S. regions and find that in the majority of ecoregions, annual lightning- and human-ignited wildfire burn area have similar relationships with key meteorological parameters. We investigate the fuel moisture values where wildfires occur segregated by ignition type and show that within a given ecoregion, the differences in median fuel moisture between ignition types are generally smaller than the differences between ecoregions. Our results suggest that annual wildfire burn area for human- and lightning-ignited wildfires within a given ecoregion are modulated by environmental conditions, and climate change may similarly impact wildfires of both ignition types. Finally, we estimate fine particulate matter emissions for Fire Program Analysis Wildfire Occurrence Data wildfires using the Fire INventory from NCAR model framework. We show that emissions of fine particulate matter from human-ignited wildfires is significant and of a similar total magnitude between the west and southeastern United States. Additionally, the west and southeast have a similar number of wildfires associated with National Weather Service air quality smoke forecasts.
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- Steven J. Brey
- Department of Atmospheric ScienceColorado State UniversityFort CollinsCOUSA
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- Department of Atmospheric ScienceColorado State UniversityFort CollinsCOUSA
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- Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental SciencesUniversity of Colorado BoulderBoulderCOUSA
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- Department of Atmospheric ScienceColorado State UniversityFort CollinsCOUSA
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Zhang Y, Wang Y, Ai M, Jiang H, Yan Y, Zhao X, Wang L, Zhang W, Li Y. Reactive B/Ti Nano-Multilayers with Superior Performance in Plasma Generation. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2018; 10:21582-21589. [PMID: 29873474 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b08120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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In this study, reactive B/Ti nano-multilayers were fabricated by magnetron sputtering and the structure and chemical composition were confirmed by transmission electron microscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analyses. The periodic multilayer structure can be clearly visible, and the multilayer material is composed of B layers (amorphous), Ti layers (nano-polycrystalline), and intermixed reactants in a metastable system. The as-deposited B/Ti nano-multilayers exhibit a significantly high heat release of 3722 J/g, with an onset reaction temperature of 449 °C. On the basis of these properties, an integrated microigniter was designed and prepared by integration of the B/Ti nano-multilayers with a TaN film bridge for potential applications in plasma generation, and the electric ignition processes were investigated with discharge voltages ranging from 25 to 40 V. The integrated microigniter exhibits improved and stable ignition performances with a short burst time, high plasma temperature, and violent explosion phenomenon in comparison with the TaN film igniter. Overall, the plasma generation of the microigniter can be enhanced substantially by integration with the B/Ti nano-multilayers.
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- Yuxin Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices , University of Electronic Science and Technology of China , Chengdu 611731 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices , University of Electronic Science and Technology of China , Chengdu 611731 , China
- Institute of Chemical Materials , China Academy of Engineering Physics , Mianyang 621000 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices , University of Electronic Science and Technology of China , Chengdu 611731 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices , University of Electronic Science and Technology of China , Chengdu 611731 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices , University of Electronic Science and Technology of China , Chengdu 611731 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices , University of Electronic Science and Technology of China , Chengdu 611731 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices , University of Electronic Science and Technology of China , Chengdu 611731 , China
- Institute of Chemical Materials , China Academy of Engineering Physics , Mianyang 621000 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices , University of Electronic Science and Technology of China , Chengdu 611731 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices , University of Electronic Science and Technology of China , Chengdu 611731 , China
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We investigated the charge generated on bedclothes (cotton and polyester) during bedding exchange with different humidities and the ignitability of an alcohol-based hand sanitizer (72.3 mass% ethanol) due to static spark with different temperatures to identify the hazards of electrostatic shocks and ignitions occurring previously in medical facilities. The results indicated that charging of the polyester bedclothes may induce a human body potential of over about 10 kV, resulting in shocks even at a relative humidity of 50%, and a human body potential of higher than about 8 kV can cause a risk for the ignition of the hand sanitizer. The grounding of human bodies via footwear and flooring, therefore, is essential to avoid such hazards (or to reduce such risks).
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- Yuta Endo
- a Electrical Safety Research Group , National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health , Japan
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- a Electrical Safety Research Group , National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health , Japan
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Della Rocca G, Danti R, Hernando C, Guijarro M, Madrigal J. Flammability of Two Mediterranean Mixed Forests: Study of the Non-additive Effect of Fuel Mixtures in Laboratory. Front Plant Sci 2018; 9:825. [PMID: 30013581 PMCID: PMC6036284 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2018] [Accepted: 05/28/2018] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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In the Mediterranean region, wildfires are a major disturbance, determined by ecosystem and forest species characteristics. Both the flammability and resistance to fire of a mixed forest may vary from those of the individual species. Two mixed Mediterranean woodlands, a Cupressus sempervirens and Quercus ilex stand in Italy; and a Juniperus thurifera and Quercus faginea stand in Spain were investigated. Laboratory flammability tests were conducted on live foliage, litter samples and on litter beds from individual and mixed species to evaluate: (i) the flammability traits of the mixtures of live foliage and litter samples; (ii) whether the flammability of the two-species mixtures are non-additive, i.e., differ from expected flammability based on arithmetic sum of the single effects of each components species in monospecific fuel; (iii) the ignition success and initial fire propagation in litter beds. Flammability tests were also conducted on bark samples to estimate the resistance of the tree species to fire. The ignitibility of live foliage was lower and the combustibility was higher in Cupressaceae than in Quercus. Non-additive effects were observed in some flammability components of live foliage and litter, especially in the mixtures of C. sempervirens and Q. ilex. Ignitability and combustibility were higher and lower than expected, respectively, and tended to be driven by Quercus), while the consumability was lowered more than expected by both Cupressaceae. The ignition success in the litter beds was low, especially for the presence of Cupressaceae that increase the bulk density of the mixtures. Cupressaceae, which have a thinner bark, suffered more damage to the cambium after shorter exposure to the heat source than Quercus species. In all the species studied, time to reach lethal temperatures in the cambium was dependent on thickness rather than on flammability of the bark. The study findings revealed that tree species may influence flammability of mixed fuels disproportionately to their load. The studied species showed to exert a contrasted effect on flammability of the mixtures, increasing ignitability and decreasing combustibility and consumability well out of their proportion in the mixture. This may potentially influence fire dynamics in mixed forests.
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- Gianni Della Rocca
- Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection-National Research Council of Italy, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection-National Research Council of Italy, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
- *Correspondence: Roberto Danti,
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- Department of Silviculture and Forest Management, INIA–CIFOR, Madrid, Spain
- Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Gestión Forestal Sostenible, UVa-INIA, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Silviculture and Forest Management, INIA–CIFOR, Madrid, Spain
- Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Gestión Forestal Sostenible, UVa-INIA, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Silviculture and Forest Management, INIA–CIFOR, Madrid, Spain
- Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Gestión Forestal Sostenible, UVa-INIA, Madrid, Spain
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Wang Z, Popolan-Vaida DM, Chen B, Moshammer K, Mohamed SY, Wang H, Sioud S, Raji MA, Kohse-Höinghaus K, Hansen N, Dagaut P, Leone SR, Sarathy SM. Unraveling the structure and chemical mechanisms of highly oxygenated intermediates in oxidation of organic compounds. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2017; 114:13102-13107. [PMID: 29183984 PMCID: PMC5740676 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1707564114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Decades of research on the autooxidation of organic compounds have provided fundamental and practical insights into these processes; however, the structure of many key autooxidation intermediates and the reactions leading to their formation still remain unclear. This work provides additional experimental evidence that highly oxygenated intermediates with one or more hydroperoxy groups are prevalent in the autooxidation of various oxygenated (e.g., alcohol, aldehyde, keto compounds, ether, and ester) and nonoxygenated (e.g., normal alkane, branched alkane, and cycloalkane) organic compounds. These findings improve our understanding of autooxidation reaction mechanisms that are routinely used to predict fuel ignition and oxidative stability of liquid hydrocarbons, while also providing insights relevant to the formation mechanisms of tropospheric aerosol building blocks. The direct observation of highly oxygenated intermediates for the autooxidation of alkanes at 500-600 K builds upon prior observations made in atmospheric conditions for the autooxidation of terpenes and other unsaturated hydrocarbons; it shows that highly oxygenated intermediates are stable at conditions above room temperature. These results further reveal that highly oxygenated intermediates are not only accessible by chemical activation but also by thermal activation. Theoretical calculations on H-atom migration reactions are presented to rationalize the relationship between the organic compound's molecular structure (n-alkane, branched alkane, and cycloalkane) and its propensity to produce highly oxygenated intermediates via extensive autooxidation of hydroperoxyalkylperoxy radicals. Finally, detailed chemical kinetic simulations demonstrate the influence of these additional reaction pathways on the ignition of practical fuels.
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- Zhandong Wang
- Clean Combustion Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia;
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720
- Department of Chemistry, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816-2450
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- Clean Combustion Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA 94551
- Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, 38116 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Clean Combustion Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Clean Combustion Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Analytical Core Laboratory, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Analytical Core Laboratory, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA 94551
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- CNRS, Institut National des Sciences de l'Ingénierie et des Systèmes, Institut de Combustion, Aérothermique, Réactivité et Environnement, 45071, Orléans, Cedex 2, France
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720
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- Clean Combustion Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia;
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Huang S, Parimi VS, Deng S, Lingamneni S, Zheng X. Facile Thermal and Optical Ignition of Silicon Nanoparticles and Micron Particles. Nano Lett 2017; 17:5925-5930. [PMID: 28873319 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b01754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Silicon (Si) particles are widely utilized as high-capacity electrodes for Li-ion batteries, elements for thermoelectric devices, agents for bioimaging and therapy, and many other applications. However, Si particles can ignite and burn in air at elevated temperatures or under intense illumination. This poses potential safety hazards when handling, storing, and utilizing these particles for those applications. In order to avoid the problem of accidental ignition, it is critical to quantify the ignition properties of Si particles such as their sizes and porosities. To do so, we first used differential scanning calorimetry to experimentally determine the reaction onset temperature of Si particles under slow heating rates (∼0.33 K/s). We found that the reaction onset temperature of Si particles increased with the particle diameter from 805 °C at 20-30 nm to 935 °C at 1-5 μm. Then, we used a xenon (Xe) flash lamp to ignite Si particles under fast heating rates (∼103 to 106 K/s) and measured the minimum ignition radiant fluence (i.e., the radiant energy per unit surface area of Si particle beds required for ignition). We found that the measured minimum ignition radiant fluence decreased with decreasing Si particle size and was most sensitive to the porosity of the Si particle bed. These trends for the Xe flash ignition experiments were also confirmed by our one-dimensional unsteady simulation to model the heat transfer process. The quantitative information on Si particle ignition included in this Letter will guide the safe handling, storage, and utilization of Si particles for diverse applications and prevent unwanted fire hazards.
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- Sidi Huang
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University , Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University , Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University , Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University , Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University , Stanford, California 94305, United States
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Deco G, Tagliazucchi E, Laufs H, Sanjuán A, Kringelbach ML. Novel Intrinsic Ignition Method Measuring Local-Global Integration Characterizes Wakefulness and Deep Sleep. eNeuro 2017; 4:ENEURO. [PMID: 28966977 DOI: 10.1523/ENEURO.0106-17.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2017] [Revised: 08/20/2017] [Accepted: 08/29/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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A precise definition of a brain state has proven elusive. Here, we introduce the novel local-global concept of intrinsic ignition characterizing the dynamical complexity of different brain states. Naturally occurring intrinsic ignition events reflect the capability of a given brain area to propagate neuronal activity to other regions, giving rise to different levels of integration. The ignitory capability of brain regions is computed by the elicited level of integration for each intrinsic ignition event in each brain region, averaged over all events. This intrinsic ignition method is shown to clearly distinguish human neuroimaging data of two fundamental brain states (wakefulness and deep sleep). Importantly, whole-brain computational modelling of this data shows that at the optimal working point is found where there is maximal variability of the intrinsic ignition across brain regions. Thus, combining whole brain models with intrinsic ignition can provide novel insights into underlying mechanisms of brain states.
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Yu SN, Li Y, Li DP, Huang Y. [External Phosphorus Adsorption and Immobility with the Addition of Ignited Water Purification Sludge]. Huan Jing Ke Xue 2017; 38:3962-3969. [PMID: 29965280 DOI: 10.13227/j.hjkx.201612271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The cumulative adsorption of external phosphorus (P) by water purification sludge after ignition under different addition methods (mix and cover) was investigated along with the adsorption isotherm and the release of internal P after external P adsorption. The cumulative adsorption of external P was 11.496 mg (mix) and 11.042 mg (cover) and these values were higher than those in the control (7.219 mg). The maximum sorption capacity (Smax) increased under the mix and cover and the former (7.795 mg·g-1) was higher than the latter (6.807 mg·g-1). However, the zero equilibrium P concentration (EPC0) in the mix was 0.83 mg·L-1, higher that in the cover (0.64 mg·L-1). The result suggests that the internal P was easily released in the mix method, compared to the cover method. Under anaerobic conditions, the release of the internal P was 0.93 mg in the mix, lower than that in the cover (1.49 mg) and in the control (7.76 mg). In addition, the specific release rate in the cover method was 0.00614 (mean), higher than that (0.00396) in the mix method. Noticeably, these data were lower than those in the control, indicating that the retention of P under the mix method was higher, compared to the cover and the control and it is challenging to evaluate the P retention with EPC0.
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- Sheng-Nan Yu
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of Suzhou, Suzhou 215009, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of Suzhou, Suzhou 215009, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of Suzhou, Suzhou 215009, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of Suzhou, Suzhou 215009, China
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Human impacts on fire regimes accumulated slowly with the evolution of modern humans able to ignite fires and manipulate landscapes. Today, myriad voices aim to influence fire in grassy ecosystems to different ends, and this is complicated by a colonial past focused on suppressing fire and preventing human ignitions. Here, I review available evidence on the impacts of people on various fire characteristics such as the number and size of fires, fire intensity, fire frequency and seasonality of fire in African grassy ecosystems, with the intention of focusing the debate and identifying areas of uncertainty. Humans alter seasonal patterns of fire in grassy systems but tend to decrease total fire emissions: livestock have replaced fire as the dominant consumer in many parts of Africa, and fragmented landscapes reduce area burned. Humans alter the season and time of day when fires occur, with important implications for fire intensity, tree-grass dynamics and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Late season fires are more common when fire is banned or illegal: these later fires are far more intense but emit fewer GHGs. The types of fires which preserve human livelihoods and biodiversity are not always aligned with the goal of reducing GHG concentrations. Current fire management challenges therefore involve balancing the needs of a large rural population against national and global perspectives on the desirability of different types of fire, but this cannot happen unless the interests of all parties are equally represented. In the future, Africa is expected to urbanize and land use to intensify, which will imply different trajectories for the continent's fire regimes.This article is part of the themed issue 'The interaction of fire and mankind.
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- Sally Archibald
- Centre for African Ecology, School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Private Bag X3, WITS, 2050, South Africa Natural Resources and the Environment, CSIR, PO Box 395, Pretoria 0001, South Africa
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Manakari V, Parande G, Doddamani M, Gupta M. Enhancing the Ignition, Hardness and Compressive Response of Magnesium by Reinforcing with Hollow Glass Microballoons. Materials (Basel) 2017; 10:E997. [PMID: 28841189 DOI: 10.3390/ma10090997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2017] [Revised: 08/20/2017] [Accepted: 08/23/2017] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Magnesium (Mg)/glass microballoons (GMB) metal matrix syntactic foams (1.47–1.67 g/cc) were synthesized using a disintegrated melt deposition (DMD) processing route. Such syntactic foams are of great interest to the scientific community as potential candidate materials for the ever-changing demands in automotive, aerospace, and marine sectors. The synthesized composites were evaluated for their microstructural, thermal, and compressive properties. Results showed that microhardness and the dimensional stability of pure Mg increased with increasing GMB content. The ignition response of these foams was enhanced by ~22 °C with a 25 wt % GMB addition to the Mg matrix. The authors of this work propose a new parameter, ignition factor, to quantify the superior ignition performance that the developed Mg foams exhibit. The room temperature compressive strengths of pure Mg increased with the addition of GMB particles, with Mg-25 wt % GMB exhibiting the maximum compressive yield strength (CYS) of 161 MPa and an ultimate compressive strength (UCS) of 232 MPa for a GMB addition of 5 wt % in Mg. A maximum failure strain of 37.7% was realized in Mg-25 wt % GMB foam. The addition of GMB particles significantly enhanced the energy absorption by ~200% prior to compressive failure for highest filler loading, as compared to pure Mg. Finally, microstructural changes in Mg owing to the presence of hollow GMB particles were elaborately discussed.
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Zhu PY, Li DP, Yu SN. [Effect of Different Adding Means of Ignited Water Purification Sludge on Phosphorus Adsorption and Forms]. Huan Jing Ke Xue 2017; 38:1957-1964. [PMID: 29965101 DOI: 10.13227/j.hjkx.201610120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The adsorption of external phosphorus (P) and the distribution of dissolved inorganic P (DIP) in the sediment interstitial water and sedimentary P forms were researched under the ignited water purification sludge (IWPS) addition (mixing and capping). The results showed that the adsorption ability of the IWPS increased obviously, compared with the water purification sludge (WPS). It indicated that the Smax increased by 43.7%, the EPC0 decreased by 69.1% and the DPS decreased by 54.4%. The contribution of P disappearance in the overlying water had almost no difference between the mixing and capping with IWPS, but it was obviously higher than the control in both cases. Under the mixing condition, the adsorption of external P by unit IWPS was 2.3 times of that under the capping condition, if the contacting probability between the IWPS and the overlying water was considered. Under the capping condition, the DIP in the sediment interstitial water (1-2 cm) was 33.17 times (average) of that under the mixing condition. It was attributed to the decrease of the dissolved oxygen penetration due to capping. Under the mixing condition, the external P tended to form Ca-P, while the percentages of NH4Cl-P and Fe/Al-P to Tot-P were bigger under the capping condition. It was suggested that the improvement of the sedimentary microenvironment by mixing with the IWPS was favorable for the adsorption of the external P and the immobilization of the internal P.
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- Pei-Ying Zhu
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of Suzhou, Suzhou 215009, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of Suzhou, Suzhou 215009, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of Suzhou, Suzhou 215009, China
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Fusco EJ, Abatzoglou JT, Balch JK, Finn JT, Bradley BA. Quantifying the human influence on fire ignition across the western USA. Ecol Appl 2016; 26:2388-2399. [PMID: 27907256 DOI: 10.1002/eap.1395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2015] [Revised: 04/30/2016] [Accepted: 06/27/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Humans have a profound effect on fire regimes by increasing the frequency of ignitions. Although ignition is an integral component of understanding and predicting fire, to date fire models have not been able to isolate the ignition location, leading to inconsistent use of anthropogenic ignition proxies. Here, we identified fire ignitions from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS) Burned Area Product (2000-2012) to create the first remotely sensed, consistently derived, and regionally comprehensive fire ignition data set for the western United States. We quantified the spatial relationships between several anthropogenic land-use/disturbance features and ignition for ecoregions within the study area and used hierarchical partitioning to test how the anthropogenic predictors of fire ignition vary among ecoregions. The degree to which anthropogenic features predicted ignition varied considerably by ecoregion, with the strongest relationships found in the Marine West Coast Forest and North American Desert ecoregions. Similarly, the contribution of individual anthropogenic predictors varied greatly among ecoregions. Railroad corridors and agricultural presence tended to be the most important predictors of anthropogenic ignition, while population density and roads were generally poor predictors. Although human population has often been used as a proxy for ignitions at global scales, it is less important at regional scales when more specific land uses (e.g., agriculture) can be identified. The variability of ignition predictors among ecoregions suggests that human activities have heterogeneous impacts in altering fire regimes within different vegetation types and geographies.
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- Emily J Fusco
- Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Program, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, 01003, USA
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- Department of Geography, University of Idaho, 875 Perimeter Drive, MS 3021 Moscow, Idaho, 83844-3021, USA
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- Department of Geography, University of Colorado-Boulder, Boulder, Guggenheim 110, 260 UCB Colorado, 80309-0260, USA
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- Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Program, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, 01003, USA
- Department of Environmental Conservation, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 160 Holdsworth Way Amherst, Massachusetts, 01003, USA
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- Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Program, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, 01003, USA
- Department of Environmental Conservation, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 160 Holdsworth Way Amherst, Massachusetts, 01003, USA
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Gong J, Chen Y, Li J, Jiang J, Wang Z, Wang J. Effects of Combined Surface and In-Depth Absorption on Ignition of PMMA. Materials (Basel) 2016; 9:E820. [PMID: 28773940 DOI: 10.3390/ma9100820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2016] [Accepted: 09/26/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A one-dimensional numerical model and theoretical analysis involving both surface and in-depth radiative heat flux absorption are utilized to investigate the influence of their combination on ignition of PMMA (Polymethyl Methacrylate). Ignition time, transient temperature in a solid and optimized combination of these two absorption modes of black and clear PMMA are examined to understand the ignition mechanism. Based on the comparison, it is found that the selection of constant or variable thermal parameters of PMMA barely affects the ignition time of simulation results. The linearity between tig−0.5 and heat flux does not exist anymore for high heat flux. Both analytical and numerical models underestimate the surface temperature and overestimate the temperature in a solid beneath the heat penetration layer for pure in-depth absorption. Unlike surface absorption circumstances, the peak value of temperature is in the vicinity of the surface but not on the surface for in-depth absorption. The numerical model predicts the ignition time better than the analytical model due to the more reasonable ignition criterion selected. The surface temperature increases with increasing incident heat flux. Furthermore, it also increases with the fraction of surface absorption and the radiative extinction coefficient for fixed heat flux. Finally, the combination is optimized by ignition time, temperature distribution in a solid and mass loss rate.
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Sonnier R, Ferry L, Gallard B, Boudenne A, Lavaud F. Controlled Emissivity Coatings to Delay Ignition of Polyethylene. Materials (Basel) 2015; 8:6935-6949. [PMID: 28793609 PMCID: PMC5455362 DOI: 10.3390/ma8105349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2015] [Revised: 09/25/2015] [Accepted: 09/30/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Semi-opaque to opaque films containing small amounts of various aluminium particles to decrease emissivity were easily prepared and coated onto low-density polyethylene (LDPE) sheets. The thermal-radiative properties (reflectivity, transmissivity and absorptivity) of the films were measured and related to the aluminum particles’ content, size and nature. Time-to-ignition of samples was assessed using a cone calorimeter at different heat flux values (35, 50 and 75 kW/m2). The coatings allowed significant ignition delay and, in some cases, changed the material behaviour from thermally thin to thick behaviour. These effects are related both to their emissivity and transmissivity. A lower emissivity, which decreases during the degradation, and a lower transmissivity are the key points to ensure an optimal reaction-to-fire.
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- Rodolphe Sonnier
- MA-Ecole des Mines d'Alès, 6 avenue de Clavières, Alès 30100, France.
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- MA-Ecole des Mines d'Alès, 6 avenue de Clavières, Alès 30100, France.
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- MA-Ecole des Mines d'Alès, 6 avenue de Clavières, Alès 30100, France.
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- CERTES, Université Paris-Est, Créteil Val de Marne, 61 Avenue du Général de Gaulle, 94010 Créteil cedex, France.
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- Toyal Europe S.A.S.U., Route de Lescun, 64490 Accous, France.
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Lefkowitz JK, Guo P, Rousso A, Ju Y. Species and temperature measurements of methane oxidation in a nanosecond repetitively pulsed discharge. Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci 2015; 373:rsta.2014.0333. [PMID: 26170433 PMCID: PMC4528427 DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2014.0333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/07/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Speciation and temperature measurements of methane oxidation during a nanosecond repetitively pulsed discharge in a low-temperature flow reactor have been performed. Measurements of temperature and formaldehyde during a burst of pulses were made on a time-dependent basis using tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy, and measurements of all other major stable species were made downstream of a continuously pulsed discharge using gas chromatography. The major species for a stoichiometric methane/oxygen/helium mixture with 75% dilution are H(2)O, CO, CO(2), H(2), CH(2)O, CH(3)OH, C(2)H(6), C(2)H(4) and C(2)H(2). A modelling tool to simulate homogeneous plasma combustion kinetics is assembled by combining the ZDPlasKin and CHEMKIN codes. In addition, a kinetic model for plasma-assisted combustion (HP-Mech/plasma) of methane, oxygen and helium mixtures has been assembled to simulate the measurements. Predictions can accurately capture reactant consumption as well as production of the major product species. However, significant disagreement is found for minor species, particularly CH(2)O and CH(3)OH. Further analysis revealed that the plasma-activated low-temperature oxidation pathways, particularly those involving CH(3)O(2) radical reactions and methane reactions with O((1)D), are responsible for this disagreement.
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- Joseph K Lefkowitz
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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There are several mechanisms that affect a gas when using discharge plasma to initiate combustion or to stabilize a flame. There are two thermal mechanisms-the homogeneous and inhomogeneous heating of the gas due to 'hot' atom thermalization and vibrational and electronic energy relaxation. The homogeneous heating causes the acceleration of the chemical reactions. The inhomogeneous heating generates flow perturbations, which promote increased turbulence and mixing. Non-thermal mechanisms include the ionic wind effect (the momentum transfer from an electric field to the gas due to the space charge), ion and electron drift (which can lead to additional fluxes of active radicals in the gradient flows in the electric field) and the excitation, dissociation and ionization of the gas by e-impact, which leads to non-equilibrium radical production and changes the kinetic mechanisms of ignition and combustion. These mechanisms, either together or separately, can provide additional combustion control which is necessary for ultra-lean flames, high-speed flows, cold low-pressure conditions of high-altitude gas turbine engine relight, detonation initiation in pulsed detonation engines and distributed ignition control in homogeneous charge-compression ignition engines, among others. Despite the lack of knowledge in mechanism details, non-equilibrium plasma demonstrates great potential for controlling ultra-lean, ultra-fast, low-temperature flames and is extremely promising technology for a very wide range of applications.
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- Andrey Starikovskiy
- Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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Mirakbari SM. Hot charcoal vomitus in aluminum phosphide poisoning - A case report of internal thermal reaction in aluminum phosphide poisoning and review of literature. Indian J Anaesth 2015; 59:433-6. [PMID: 26257417 PMCID: PMC4523965 DOI: 10.4103/0019-5049.160952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Aluminium phosphide (ALP) poisoning is a commonly encountered poisoning in emergency departments in most developing countries. Many papers have revealed metabolic derangements in this poisoning and also examined contributing factors leading to death, but only few have reported physical damage. Some case reports have described a complication that has been frequently termed ‘ignition’. The exact mechanism of this phenomenon has not been fully elucidated. An exothermic reaction during therapeutic administration of chemicals may contribute to this problem, but the incidence has occurred in the absence of treatment or drug administration. Here, we report a 34-year-old woman with ALP poisoning who presented with hot charcoal vomitus, a sign of internal thermal event, leading to the thermal burning of the patient's face and internal damage resulting in death. We reviewed all reported cases with similar complication to demonstrate varied characteristics of patients and to propose the possible mechanisms leading to this event.
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- Seyed Mostafa Mirakbari
- Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Bu Ali Hospital, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran
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Manukyan KV, Tan W, deBoer RJ, Stech EJ, Aprahamian A, Wiescher M, Rouvimov S, Overdeep KR, Shuck CE, Weihs TP, Mukasyan AS. Irradiation-enhanced reactivity of multilayer Al/Ni nanomaterials. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2015; 7:11272-11279. [PMID: 25915560 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b01415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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We have investigated the effect of accelerated ion beam irradiation on the structure and reactivity of multilayer sputter deposited Al/Ni nanomaterials. Carbon and aluminum ion beams with different charge states and intensities were used to irradiate the multilayer materials. The conditions for the irradiation-assisted self-ignition of the reactive materials and corresponding ignition thresholds for the beam intensities were determined. We discovered that relatively short (40 min or less) ion irradiations enhance the reactivity of the Al/Ni nanomaterials, that is, significantly decrease the thermal ignition temperatures (Tig) and ignition delay times (τig). We also show that irradiation leads to atomic mixing at the Al/Ni interfaces with the formation of an amorphous interlayer, in addition to the nucleation of small (2-3 nm) Al3Ni crystals within the amorphous regions. The amorphous interlayer is thought to enhance the reactivity of the multilayer energetic nanomaterial by increasing the heat of the reaction and by speeding the intermixing of the Ni and the Al. The small Al3Ni crystals may also enhance reactivity by facilitating the growth of this Al-Ni intermetallic phase. In contrast, longer irradiations decrease reactivity with higher ignition temperatures and longer ignition delay times. Such changes are also associated with growth of the Al3Ni intermetallic and decreases in the heat of reaction. Drawing on this data set, we suggest that ion irradiation can be used to fine-tune the structure and reactivity of energetic nanomaterials.
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- Khachatur V Manukyan
- †Nuclear Science Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- †Nuclear Science Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- †Nuclear Science Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- †Nuclear Science Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- †Nuclear Science Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- †Nuclear Science Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- ‡Notre Dame Integrated Imaging Facility (NDIIF), University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- §Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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- ∥Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- §Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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- ∥Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health researchers are studying the potential for Li-ion-battery thermal runaway from an internal short circuit in equipment approved as permissible for use in underground coal mines. Researchers used a plastic wedge to induce internal short circuits for thermal runaway susceptibility evaluation purposes, which proved to be a more severe test than the flat plate method for selected Li-ion cells. Researchers conducted cell crush tests within a 20-L chamber filled with 6.5% CH4-air to simulate the mining hazard. Results indicate that LG Chem ICR18650S2 LiCoO2 cells pose a CH4 explosion hazard from a cell internal short circuit. Under specified test conditions, A123 Systems 26650 LiFePO4 cells were safer than the LG Chem ICR18650S2 LiCoO2 cells at a conservative statistical significance level.
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Lemieux DA, Baudet C, Grim GP, Barber HB, Miller BW, Fasje D, Furenlid LR. Investigation of the possibility of gamma-ray diagnostic imaging of target compression at NIF. Proc SPIE Int Soc Opt Eng 2011; 8144:814407. [PMID: 23420688 DOI: 10.1117/12.895765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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The National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is the world's leading facility to study the physics of igniting plasmas. Plasmas of hot deuterium and tritium, undergo d(t,n)α reactions that produce a 14.1 MeV neutron and 3.5 MeV a particle, in the center of mass. As these neutrons pass through the materials surrounding the hot core, they may undergo subsequent (n,x) reactions. For example, (12)C(n,n'γ)(12)C reactions occur in remnant debris from the polymer ablator resulting in a significant fluence of 4.44 MeV gamma-rays. Imaging of these gammas will enable the determination of the volumetric size and symmetry of the ablation; large size and high asymmetry is expected to correlate with poor compression and lower fusion yield. Results from a gamma-ray imaging system are expected to be complimentary to a neutron imaging diagnostic system already in place at the NIF. This paper describes initial efforts to design a gamma-ray imaging system for the NIF using the existing neutron imaging system as a baseline for study. Due to the cross-section and expected range of ablator areal densities, the gamma flux should be approximately 10(-3) of the neutron flux. For this reason, care must be taken to maximize the efficiency of the gamma-ray imaging system because it will be gamma starved. As with the neutron imager, use of pinholes and/or coded apertures are anticipated. Along with aperture and detector design, the selection of an appropriate scintillator is discussed. The volume of energy deposition of the interacting 4.44 MeV gamma-rays is a critical parameter limiting the imaging system spatial resolution. The volume of energy deposition is simulated with GEANT4, and plans to measure the volume of energy deposition experimentally are described. Results of tests on a pixellated LYSO scintillator are also presented.
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- Daniel A Lemieux
- Physics Division, Los Alamos National Laboratories, NM 87545 ; Center for Gamma Ray Imaging, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724
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