Nanothermite with Meringue-like Morphology: From Loose Powder to Ultra-porous ObjectsCédric Martin 1, Marc Comet 1, Fabien Schnell 1, Denis Spitzer 1
1NS3E Laboratory, UMR 3208 ISL-CNRS-UNISTRA, French-German Research Institute of Saint-Louis (ISL)
This manuscript describes the synthesis of combustible aluminophosphate matrices by the reaction of orthophosphoric acid (H3PO4) with aluminum nanopowder. When this reaction is carried out with excess aluminum in the presence of tungsten trioxide nanopowder, it leads to a solid, porous nanothermite foam.
