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Thermal behavior and laser-induced heating characteristics of boron agglomerates in various atmospheric conditions
Boron particles in solid-fuel ramjet combustion chambers typically exist in agglomerated form, and the gas composition within the chamber includes not only air but also propellant combustion products such as w...
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Influence of microstructure degradation induced by pretreatment on the creep behavior in Ni-based single-crystal superalloy with different orientations
The effects of stress-free and stress-assisted pretreatments at a relatively high temperature on the creep properties of [001] and [011] oriented Ni-based single-crystal superalloys are investigated in this ar...
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Thermal decomposition and kinetics of electrically controlled solid propellant through thermogravimetric analysis
The thermal decomposition behavior of electrically controlled solid propellant (ECSP) with hydroxyl ammonium nitrate as oxidizer and polyvinyl alcohol as binder was investigated through thermogravimetric analy...
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Halogenation of Metal Clusters
Advances in studying halogenation of metal clusters are summarized in this chapter. In addtion to the reaction pathways rendering the addition of halogen atoms to metal clusters, it has been proposed a unified...
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Cooperative Active-Sites Mechanism
Akin to the shell structures of atoms, shell-filling concepts from traditional valence bond theory can be applied to the description of cluster stability. In view of this, the result of a chemical interaction ...
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Future Directions
As metal clusters provide complementary active sites for surface catalysis and reactions, there is future promising potential to create unique compounds with tailored properties where one atom site makes a dif...
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An Overview of Metal Clusters and Their Reactivity
Atomic clusters containing a few to a few thousand atoms are emerging as a frontier area in science. The properties in this size regime are controlled by the discrete quantum conditions associated with reduced...
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The Reactivity with Hydrogen and Nitrogen
In this chapter (reproduced from Chem. Rev. 2016), we present the reactivity of metal clusters with hydrogen and nitrogen. Hydrogen is known as a highly combustible diatomic gas, and the lightest element on th...
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Metallo-Carbohedrenes and Their Reactivity
Since the discovery of C60 called buckminsterfullerene whose shape resembles that of geodesic domes, the so-called buckyballs have attracted extensive research interest and touted for many important applications....
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Instrumentation for Cluster Science
There are several critical concerns regarding different strategies for producing gaseous metal atoms/clusters and studying their gas-phase reactivity. In this chapter we endeavour to summarize all the experime...
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Energetic Reactions with Hydrocarbons
Cluster science has undergone an explosive growth in reactivity during the past years, prompted both by basic chemistry to which studies of clusters may provide new insight, and a vast array of applied areas t...
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Cluster Dissociation, Intracluster Reactivity and Effect of the Ligands
The physical properties of small metal clusters, such as ionization potentials, electron affinities, and dissociation energies, are largely different from those of the bulk materials. Theoretical calculations ...
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Metal Cluster Catalysis
Metal cluster catalysis is an attractive and challenging research topic. This chapter presents the fundamental insights into the catalytic reaction mechanisms of metal clusters acquired through both experiment...
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Metal Cluster Reacting with Oxygen
Cluster-oxygen reactions on metal and metal-alloy systems have been widely investigated. Through reactions with oxygen (a strong etchant), several interesting clusters of metals (e.g., magnesium, aluminium and...
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The Reactions with Monoxides for Pollution Removal
Monoxides are often involved in the industrial and automotive vehicle exhaust gas. This chapter summarizes the research progress of metal cluster reactions with monoxides for the pollution removal.
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Carbon-Carbon Cross-Coupling Reactions
Chemical processes have played a vital role in the evolution of human civilization. Catalysts have been known for centuries even before mankind understood the chemical processes. From the fermentation of wine ...
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Charge Transfer and the Harpoon Mechanism
An important concept in the interaction of metals with nonmetal atoms/molecules is that of charge transfer (CT). The charge-transfer reactivity is extensively investigated and mostly seen for an ion/neutral sp...
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Creating Genetic Materials of Metal Clusters
While the preceding chapters present the reactivity of metal clusters, elucidating the chemistry of condensed matter, studies of cluster reactivity also serve to reveal the microscopic aspects such as nucleati...
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Glass and Coatings on Glass for Solar Applications
In this chapter we discuss the crucial role that glass plays in the ever-expanding area of solar power generation, along with the evolution and various uses of glass and coated glass for solar applications. We...