Combustion synthesis

Many innovative self-propagating high-temperature synthesis (SHS) techniques such as filtration, combustion, the centrifugal thermite process, field activated combustion, solid-state metathesis, flame synthesis and simultaneous SHS and densification have been developed for the synthesis of ‘advanced materials’. A novel gas producing self-propagating process initiated at low temperature using redox compounds and mixtures has been used for the preparation of fine particle oxides.