Modelling and simulation of Fe2O3/Aluminum thermite combustion: Experimental validation

Computer Aided Chemical Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue C, 2006, Pages 365-370

  Durães, Luísa ^a   Brito, Paulo ^a,b   Campos, José ^a   Portugal, António ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Combustion; Fe2O3 Aluminum thermite; Finite differences; Modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957162979     PISSN: 15707946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1570-7946(06)80073-8     Document Type: Article

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