Combustion of nanoscale Al/MoO3 thermite in microchannels

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 715-721

  Son, S F ^a,c,d,e   Asay, B W ^a,f   Foley, T J ^a,f   Yetter, R A ^b,g   Wu, M H ^b,g   Risha, G A ^b,g  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MS C920   (United States)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e AIAA   (United States)

^f High Explosives Science and Technology

^g Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; HEAT CONVECTION; IGNITION; MICROCHANNELS; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; QUARTZ;

BURNING RATES; ENERGY-DEMANDING SYSTEMS; MICROCOMBUSTION; PROPAGATION RATE;

EXPLOSIVES;

EID: 34547824157     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.26090     Document Type: Article

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