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      Exothermic reaction characteristics of continuously ball-milled Al/Ni powder compacts 

      Hadjiafxenti, A.; Gunduz, I. E.; Kyratsi, Theodora; Doumanidis, C. C.; Rebholz, Claus (2013)
      Self-propagating reactions in compacted pellets of continuously low-energy ball-milled aluminium (Al) and nickel (Ni) powders at a composition corresponding to AlNi3 were investigated. The formation of a bi-modal structure ...
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      Ultrasonic consolidation and ignition characteristics of thermite composites 

      Pillai, S. K.; Hadjiafxenti, A.; Doumanidis, C. C.; Ando, T.; Rebholz, Claus (2012)
      The fabrication and characterization of metal-based energetic composite materials are currently being examined for a range of new applications. A newly developed ultrasonic consolidation process is used for the synthesis ...