Search for green hypergolic propellants: Gas-phase ethanol/nitrogen tetroxide reactivity

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1057-1061

  Pichon, Servane ^a,b   Catoire, Laurent ^a,b   Chaumeix, Nabiha ^a,b   Paillard, Claude ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^b Lab de Combust et Syst Reactifs   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHANOL; IGNITION; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; TOXICITY;

ETHYL NITRITE; INITIATION REACTIONS; NITROGEN TETOXIDE (NTO);

PROPELLANTS;

EID: 29144433965     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.14644     Document Type: Article

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