Alternative oxidants for silicon fuel in time-delay compositions

Combustion Science and Technology

Volumn 176, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1565-1575

  Ricco, I M M ^a   Focke, W W ^a   Conradie, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b African Explosives Limited   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antimonite; Burn rate; Composition; Pyrotechnic; Silicon

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; CONTAMINATION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); EVAPORATION; FUELS; OXIDATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SILICA; SILICON; STOICHIOMETRY; ZINC;

ANTIMONITE; BURN RATE; CO-PRECIPITATES; OXIDANTS;

IGNITION;

EID: 4344600508     PISSN: 00102202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00102200490474269     Document Type: Article

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