Manipulating polymer decomposition to alter burn performance in aluminium/poly(vinylidene fluoride) filaments

Filaments composed of aluminium powder and poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) were produced by melt-processing to investigate the effect of particle size and loading on decomposition behavior and burn performance. Thermal analysis revealed that nanoscale Al samples decompose PVDF in one step through interactions with the Al particle surface…