Atomistic simulation of the aluminum nanoparticle oxidation mechanism

48th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting Including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Henz, Brian J ^a   Hawa, Takumi ^b   Zachariah, Michael R ^c  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; ALUMINUM POWDER METALLURGY; CRYSTALLINITY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDATION; PROTECTIVE COATINGS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

ALUMINUM NANOPARTICLES; ATOMISTIC SIMULATIONS; BUILT-IN ELECTRIC FIELDS; CLASSICAL MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; DEGREES OF CRYSTALLINITY; ELECTRIC FIELD STRENGTH; INDUCED ELECTRIC FIELDS; OXIDATION MECHANISMS;

ALUMINUM COATINGS;

EID: 78649858376     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2010-336     Document Type: Conference Paper

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