Abstract
With the development of traditional aluminum(Al)-based nanothermites, some problems on account of the metal Al powder gradually emerged. Therefore, extensive research is devoted to exploring novel metal fuels to achieve better energy release effects. Titanium (Ti) powder is a potential metal fuel theoretically considering of reducibility and calorific value, but it has rarely been reported in the field of nanothermites. This paper put forward the design strategy by selecting as the metal fuel and polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) as oxidant. According to the hydrophilicity of Ti powders, the PVDF film encapsulation can effectively improve hydrophobicity and storage stability. Another advantage of PVDF film state is that it imparts excellent mechanical properties (yield strength of 30.5 MPa and elongation at break of 202.8 %). According to the results of thermal analysis, Ti increased the thermal stability of PVDF while accelerated its thermal decomposition rate. In ignition properties, Ti-PVDF films have the shortest ignition delay time (217 ms) lower than results reported in the literature of other nanothermites under the same conditions. In addition, the energy release process of ignition combustion is analyzed and verified in this paper. Therefore, Ti-PVDF energetic ignition material with diverse properties is expected to be applied in more fields not limited to nanothermites.
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