Ignition of iron-coated and nickel-coated aluminum particles under normal- and reduced-gravity conditions

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 805-813

  Andrzejak, Timothy A ^a,b   Shafirovich, Evgeny ^a,b   Varma, Arvind ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AIAA ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM POWDER METALLURGY; ARGON LASERS; BINARY ALLOYS; IRON; MELTING; MICROGRAVITY; MICROGRAVITY PROCESSING; NICKEL COATINGS; PHASE INTERFACES; SOLID PROPELLANTS;

ALUMINIZED SOLID PROPELLANTS; ALUMINUM PARTICLE; ENGINE PERFORMANCE; IGNITION MECHANISMS; IGNITION TEMPERATURES; INTERMETALLIC REACTION; NORMAL GRAVITIES; PROPULSION APPLICATIONS;

ALUMINUM COATINGS;

EID: 49249136471     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.34034     Document Type: Article

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