Table 2 Sample details and number of laser shots acquired.

From: Improving the Explosive Performance of Aluminum Nanoparticles with Aluminum Iodate Hexahydrate (AIH)

Sample

%Metal by weight

Residue thicknesses (μg/mm2)

Average mass removal per laser shot (mg)

#Laser shots

Al

100

37.8–63.1

0.44 ± 0.60

23

Al2O3

100

10.0

0.26 ± 0.37

20

Al/I2O5

100

1.92–7.56

0.15 ± 0.23

22

AIH6

100

18.7–28.4

0.40 ± 0.49

22

AIH15

100

7.94–24.3

0.23 ± 0.28

24

TNT

0

29.8–62.3

1.04 ± 0.81

20

TNT-Al

23

19.7–38.6

0.68 ± 0.69

25

TNT-Al2O3

23

27.2–45.2

1.02 ± 0.53

21

TNT-Al/I2O5

20

11.5–32.9

0.54 ± 0.57

22

TNT-AIH6

23

24.6–43.9

0.76 ± 0.59

22

TNT-AIH15

21

19.0–39.4

0.68 ± 0.53

22