Study of the growth and motion of graphitic foam bubbles

Carbon

Volumn 43, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 3075-3087

  Rosebrock, Gregory ^a   Elgafy, Ahmed ^a   Beechem, Thomas ^a   Lafdi, Khalid ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular; Graphitic foam; Modeling; Porous carbon

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); PHASE INTERFACES; SURFACE TENSION; VAPORS; VISCOSITY;

CELLULAR; GRAPHITIC FOAM; POROUS CARBON; SPHERICAL BUBBLES;

GRAPHITE;

EID: 24944484232     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2005.06.044     Document Type: Article

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