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Computational and Theoretical Analysis of the Effect of an Aluminum Borate Oxide Film on the Ignition Conditions of Single Aluminum Diboride Particles

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Thermogravimetric analysis data were used to determine the activation energy E = 205.9 kJ/mol, the pre-exponential factor A = 2.275·10−15 m3/s, and the order of reaction with respect to the oxidizer \(m\) = 1 for the oxidation of an aluminum diboride particle involving the formation of aluminum borate on the surface. The ignition conditions for a single particle of aluminum diboride in air were evaluated using the theory of ignition of metal particles by the thermal explosion mechanism. It is shown that the formation of aluminum borates in the induction period results in a strong positive dependence of the particle ignition temperature on the particle size and oxygen partial pressure of.

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Translated from Fizika Goreniya i Vzryva, 2021, Vol. 57, No. 3, pp. 65–78.https://doi.org/10.15372/FGV20210306.

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Savel’ev, A.M., Titova, N.S. Computational and Theoretical Analysis of the Effect of an Aluminum Borate Oxide Film on the Ignition Conditions of Single Aluminum Diboride Particles. Combust Explos Shock Waves 57, 314–325 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0010508221030060

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