Characterization of fine nickel-coated aluminum powder as potential fuel additive

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 454-460

  Vummidi, Shashank L ^a,b   Aly, Yasmine ^a,b   Schoenitz, Mirko ^a,b   Dreizin, Edward L ^a,b  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Biological and Pharmaceutical Engineering ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ALUMINA; ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM OXIDE; FUEL ADDITIVES; IGNITION; NICKEL COATINGS; OXIDATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POWDER METALS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

ARGON-OXYGEN MIXTURES; ARRHENIUS FORMULATION; COMBUSTION EXPERIMENTS; COMBUSTION PRO-CESS; IGNITION KINETICS; OXIDATION PROCESS; SELECTIVE OXIDATION; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC MEASUREMENT;

ALUMINUM COATINGS;

EID: 77952567978     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.47092     Document Type: Article

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