Experiments to define plasma - Propellant interactions

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 39, Issue 1 I, 2003, Pages 207-211

  Beyer, Richard A ^a   Pesce Rodriguez, Rose A ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrothermal chemical (ETC); Ignition; Propellant

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; DECOMPOSITION; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; IGNITION; PLASMA GUNS; PLASMAS; PRESSURIZATION;

ELECTROTHERMAL-CHEMICAL GUN; HOT PLASMA IGNITERS; PLASMA-PROPELLANT INTERACTIONS; RESIDUAL PROPELLANTS;

SOLID PROPELLANTS;

EID: 0037235565     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2002.805853     Document Type: Article

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