Combustion Synthesis Modeling

Cellular models (Kottke and Niiler, 1988 Astapchik et al, 1993 Hwang et ai, 1997) represent another direction for modeling the combustion synthesis process. For these models, the reaction medium is tessellated into a discrete matrix of cells, where the temperature and effective properties are assumed to be uniform throughout the cell. The interactions between the cells are based on various rules, often a discretized form of the heat conduction equation. 

To address the incorporation of non-cryslalline phases in polycrystalline diamond films and the morphological instabilities at high growth rates, Ravil conducted an experimental investigation of the combustion synthesis of diamond and proposed a model for the development of morphological instabilities in diamond films, as schematically depicted... 

A. Feng and Z. A. Munir, The effect of an electric field on self-sustaining combustion synthesis Part I. Modeling studies, Metall. Mater. Trans. 1995, 26B, 581-586. 

Graeve OA, Carrillo-Heian EM, Feng A, Munir ZA (2001) Modeling of wave configuration during electrically ignited combustion synthesis. J Mater Res 16 93-100... 

Modeling of Reaction Front Movement in Combustion Synthesis for Catalyst Preparation... 

Keywords Combustion Synthesis, Combustion Synthesis Modeling, ILCS, Catalyst Synthesis. 

J. J. Moore and H. J. Feng. Combustion synthesis of advanced materials Part I. Reaction parameters Part II. Classification, applications, and modeling. Progr. Mater. Sci. 39, 243, 275 (1995). 

Gas phase combustion synthesis offers the potential to produce bulk quantities of particles with controllable morphologies and chemistries. In this paper we demonstrate the use of an atmospheric pressure flame to produce a nanocomposite with unique magnetic properties and investigate the salient features of their formation through the application of in-situ diagnostics and modeling. 

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