@ARTICLE{Heo_Won_Young_Enhanced_2021, author={Heo, Won Young and Bae, Sung Hwa and Son, Injoon}, volume={vol. 66}, number={No 3}, journal={Archives of Metallurgy and Materials}, pages={725-728}, howpublished={online}, year={2021}, publisher={Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science of Polish Academy of Sciences}, publisher={Committee of Materials Engineering and Metallurgy of Polish Academy of Sciences}, abstract={In this study, energetic behaviors of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF)-coated zirconium (Zr) powders were investigated using thermogravimetric analyzer-differential scanning calorimetry (TGA-DSC). PVDF-coated Zr powder had 1.5 times higher heat flow than ZrO2-passivated Zr powder. PVDF-coated Zr powder had a Zr-F compound formed on its surface by its strong chemical bond. This compound acted as an oxidation-protecting layer, providing an efficient combustion path to inner pure Zr particle while thermal oxidation was progressing at the same time. PVDF coating layers also made thermal reaction start at a lower temperature than ZrO2-passivated Zr powder. It was obtained that the surface PVDF coating layer evaporated at approximately 673 K, but the surface oxide layer fully reacted at approximately 923 K by DSC analysis. Hence, Zr powders showed enhanced energetic properties by the PVDF-coated process.}, type={Article}, title={Enhanced Energetic Performance of Polyvinylidene Fluoride-Coated Zirconium Particle}, URL={http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/119242/PDF/AMM-2021-3-11-Injoon%20Son.pdf}, doi={10.24425/amm.2021.136369}, keywords={PVDF, Zirconium, Coating, Energetic Behaviors}, }