Absorption-enhanced liquid ablatants for propulsion with TEA CO2 laser

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 766, Issue , 2005, Pages 474-481

  Sterling, Enrique ^a   Pakhomov, Andrew V ^a   Larson, C William ^b   Mead Jr , Franklin B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 33749239866     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1925168     Document Type: Article

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