High-temperature heterogeneous reaction kinetics of tungsten oxidation by CO2, CO, and O2

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 490-498

  Sabourin, Justin L ^a,b   Yetted, Richard A ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 14 Research Building East ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; PARTIAL PRESSURE; ROCKET NOZZLES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TUNGSTEN;

ARRHENIUS REACTION; CHEMICAL EROSION; CO CONCENTRATIONS; HETEROGENEOUS REACTIONS; ISOTHERMAL REACTIONS; PRESSURE CONDITIONS; PRESSURE EXPONENTS; SMALL PERTURBATIONS;

REACTION RATES;

EID: 65649123052     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.38123     Document Type: Article

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