Contact Dr Nathalie Mai
- Tel: 01234988448
- Email: n.mai@cranfield.ac.uk
Areas of expertise
- Test and Evaluation
- Explosives and Munitions
Background
Dr Nathalie Mai obtained a PhD with distinction in asymmetric synthesis from Montpellier University, France. She worked as a post-doctoral researcher for two years in pharmaceutical science at the University of Manchester. After a break, she joined ÂãÁÄÖ±²¥ where she focused her career on the chemistry of energetic materials with a particular interest in understanding the life limiting factors of explosives and propellants and all aspect of life assessment of energetic materials.
Research opportunities
Nitrocellulose characterisation
Conventional gun propellants
Next generation gun propellants
NC based rocket propellants
Composite rocket propellants
Polymer bonded explosives
Stability and compatibility of energetic materials
Ageing of energetic materials
Detection
Home made explosives
Current activities
Nitrocellulose and propellant life assessment
Energetic materials characterisation
HPLC, GPC, IC, GC-MS, HFC, FTIR, chemiluminescence
Stability and compatibility tests
Clients
- Atomic Weapons Establishment
- BAE Systems PLC
- Chemring Group PLC
- Roxel (MBDA)
- Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
