Combustion behaviors resulting from bimodal aluminum size distributions in thermites

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 181-185

  Moore, Kevin ^a   Pantoya, Michelle L ^a,c   Son, Steven F ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Dep of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; FUEL SYSTEMS; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

ENERGETIC COMPOSITE; FUEL PARTICLES; SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; THERMITES;

COMBUSTION CHAMBERS;

EID: 33847035611     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.20754     Document Type: Article

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