The effect of added Al2O3 on the propagation behavior of an Al/CuO nanoscale thermite

Combustion Science and Technology

Volumn 180, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1278-1294

  Malchi, J Y ^a   Yetter, R A ^a,d   Foley, T J ^b   Son, S F ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d 111 Research Bldg East ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Burning rate; Diluent; Nano aluminum; Thermite

Indexed keywords

(P ,P ,T) MEASUREMENTS; AL2O3 PARTICLES; COMBUSTION PRODUCTS; COMBUSTION WAVES; CONSTANT ACCELERATION; CONSTANT VELOCITY (CV); CONSTANT VOLUME (CV); EQUILIBRIUM CALCULATIONS; FLAME TEMPERATURES; GAS PHASE; NANO SCALING; PEAK PRESSURES; PRESSURE CELLS; PRESSURE INCREASE; REACTION VELOCITIES; TOTAL WEIGHT;

ADDITION REACTIONS; ALUMINUM; COMBUSTION; EXPERIMENTS; FLAME SPRAYING; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SMOKE; THERMOCHEMISTRY; TUBES (COMPONENTS); WEIGHING;

PRESSURE;

EID: 46249090325     PISSN: 00102202     EISSN: 1563521X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00102200802049471     Document Type: Article

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