Ozone decomposition on alumina: Implications for solid rocket motor exhaust

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 15, 1996, Pages 1961-1964

  Hanning Lee, M A ^a   Brady, B B ^a   Martin, L R ^a   Syage, J A ^a  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ALUMINA; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; DECOMPOSITION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; CRASHWORTHINESS; MOLECULAR BEAMS; OZONE; OZONE LAYER; PARTICLE SIZE; REACTION RATES; ROCKET ENGINES; ROCKETS;

MOLECULAR BEAM SAMPLING MASS SPECTROMETRY; STRATOSPHERIC OZONE DEPLETION;

OZONE; ALUMINA;

ALUMINUM OXIDES (ALUMINA); DIRECT DECOMPOSITION; MOLECULAR BEAM SAMPLING; OZONE DECOMPOSITION; REACTION PROBABILITY; SOLID ROCKET MOTORS; STRATOSPHERIC OZONE DEPLETION; ULTRAVIOLET ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0030196082     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL01808     Document Type: Article

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