On the vaporization of Teflon and heated compound-materials in ablation-controlled arcs

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 3339-3343

  Zaghloul, Mofreh R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY FLUX; KINETIC MODELS; VAPOR CONDENSATION;

ABLATION; CONDENSATION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VAPOR PRESSURE; VAPORIZATION;

POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES;

EID: 1942489272     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1664023     Document Type: Article

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