Ignition of titanium powder layers by electrostatic discharge

Combustion Science and Technology

Volumn 183, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 823-845

  Beloni, Ervin ^a   Dreizin, Edward L ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

ESD initiation; Metal powder ignition; Minimum ignition energy; Spark discharge

Indexed keywords

BURNING PARTICLES; DIFFERENT THICKNESS; ENERGETIC FORMULATIONS; ESD INITIATION; INDIVIDUAL PARTICLES; METAL DROPLETS; METAL POWDER; MINIMUM IGNITION ENERGY; POWDER HEATING; POWDER LAYER; REAL TIME; SAMPLE HOLDERS; SELF-PROPAGATING HIGH TEMPERATURE SYNTHESIS; SPARK DISCHARGE; SPHERICAL POWDERS; TITANIUM POWDERS; VOLUME MEAN DIAMETER;

ELECTRIC SPARKS; ELECTROSTATIC DEVICES; ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE; HEATING; IGNITION; INTERMETALLICS; MONOLAYERS; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PHOTOGRAPHY; POWDER METALLURGY; SPHERES; TITANIUM;

POWDER METALS;

EID: 79956135752     PISSN: 00102202     EISSN: 1563521X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00102202.2011.554466     Document Type: Article

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