The effect of pre-heating on flame propagation in nanocomposite thermites

Combustion and Flame

Volumn 157, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1581-1585

  Dikici, Birce ^a   Pantoya, Michelle L ^a   Levitas, Valery ^b  

^a Texas Tech University   (United States)

^b Iowa State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum combustion; Energetic material combustion; Flame speeds; Nanoparticles; Reaction propagation; Thermites

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COMBUSTION; AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; COOLING RATES; COOLING TIME; ENERGETIC MATERIAL; ENERGETIC MATERIAL COMBUSTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FLAME PROPAGATION; FLAME SPEED; FLAME TUBE; HIGH SPEED IMAGING; MOLYBDENUM TRIOXIDE; REACTION CHAMBERS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; THERMITES;

ALUMINUM; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; FLAMMABILITY; MOLYBDENUM; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; SPEED; THERMOCOUPLES;

COMBUSTION;

ALUMINUM; MOLYBDENUM; NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOPARTICLE; THERMITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CHEMICAL REACTION; COMBUSTION; FIRE; FLAME; HEAT TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 77953808896     PISSN: 00102180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.combustflame.2010.04.014     Document Type: Article

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