Effects of nitrates on hydrocarbon-air flames and detonations

Shock Waves

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 457-466

  Zhang, F ^a   Akbar, R ^b   Thibault, P A ^b   Murray, S B ^a  

^a Stn Main   (Canada)

^b Combustion Dynamics Ltd ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Detonation; Explosion; Flame; Heterogeneous explosion; Hexane; Nitrates; Shock ignition delay

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044524834     PISSN: 09381287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00004054     Document Type: Article

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