Combustion of silicon/teflon/viton and aluminum/teflon/viton energetic composites

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 734-743

  Yarrington, Cole D ^a,c   Son, Steven F ^a,c   Foley, Timothy J ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Department of Mechanical Engineering ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; MIXTURES; PELLETIZING; SILICON;

CONSTANT-VOLUME COMBUSTIONS; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; HEXAFLUOROPROPYLENE; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE (PTFE); POWER-LAW DEPENDENCES; PRESSURE DEPENDENCE; STOICHIOMETRIC RATIO; VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE;

COMBUSTION;

EID: 77954921210     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.46182     Document Type: Article

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