Mechanically induced chemical reactions

P.G. McCormick, Mechanical alloying and mechanically induced chemical reactions 47... 

P. G. McCormick, Mechanical Alloying and Mechanically Induced Chemical Reactions, in Handbook on the physics and chemistry of rare earths Gschneidner Jr., K.A., L. Eyring, Eds., 1997, Vol. 24, Chapter 160. 

McCormick, P.G., Mechanical alloying and mechanically induced chemical reactions, in Handbook on the Physics and Chemistry of Rare Earths, vol. 24, Flsevier Science, New York, 1997. 

The earliest systematic studies of mechanically induced chemical reactions in solids were those of Cary-Lea [61] and Parker [62], who showed that the shearing action of grinding was able to bring about a number of doubledecomposition reactions between simple inorganic salts. Moreover, Parker concluded that this was due to local heating at points of contact between crystals, resulting in fusion and subsequent chemical reaction. This point of view was later taken up by Bernal [63], who proposed that energy could be concentrated into localized hot spots by friction. Detailed experimental studies on the initiation of explosion by impact and friction were subsequently carried out by Bowden and Yoffe [64] and Ubbelohde [65,66] and their coworkers. 

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