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An ultrafast thermal emission spectrometer for investigating temporal thermal emission of metal thin-films and their reactive derivatives

Moore, Alexander Knight

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Title
An ultrafast thermal emission spectrometer for investigating temporal thermal emission of metal thin-films and their reactive derivatives
Author(s)
Moore, Alexander Knight
Issue Date
2018-07-13
Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)
Dlott, Dana D.
Department of Study
Chemistry
Discipline
Chemistry
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
M.S.
Degree Level
Thesis
Date of Ingest
2018-09-27T16:17:48Z
Keyword(s)
  • thermite
  • emission
Abstract
An experimental system was constructed for studying the reaction of nanolaminate thermites in both the temporal and spectral domains. 1mJ pulses from a Ti:Sapphire laser, stretched to 10ps, were focused onto sample films affixed to glass slides. The emission generated by the ablation of the films was collected and focused into a spectrograph and subsequently directed into a Hamamatsu C4334 streak device. It was found that this system was capable of providing spectral and temporal information from the emission of ablated metal and thermite nanolaminate films over a timescales ranging from tens of nanoseconds to milliseconds.
Graduation Semester
2018-08
Type of Resource
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Copyright 2018 Alexander Moore

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