Development and characterization of high performance solid propellants containing nano-sized energetic ingredients

Proceedings of the Combustion Institute

Volumn 31 II, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 2089-2096

  Luman, J R ^a   Wehrman, B ^a   Kuo, K K ^a   Yetter, R A ^a   Masoud, N M ^b   Manning, T G ^b   Harris, L E ^b   Bruck, H A ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b US Army ARDEC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Energetic oxidizers; Fast core propellants; HNF; Layered propellants; Nano sized aluminum particles

Indexed keywords

BINDERS; COMBUSTION; ELASTOMERS; EXPLOSIVES; NANOPARTICLES; THERMOPLASTICS;

ENERGETIC OXIDIZERS; FAST-CORE PROPELLANTS; LAYERED PROPELLANTS; NANO-SIZED ALUMINUM PARTICLES;

SOLID PROPELLANTS;

EID: 34548733031     PISSN: 15407489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proci.2006.07.024     Document Type: Article

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