The Possibilities of Energy-Saturated Nanoporous Silicon-Based Composites (Review and New Results)

Abstract

A brief review and results of experimental investigation of the properties of energy-saturated nanoporous silicon-based composites are presented. Various types of oxidants used in the composites are examined. Calcium perchlorate has been used as an oxidant. The energy-saturated composite under study is shown to exceed in several parameters the primary explosive, mercury fulminate and brisant explosive, RDX.