Advances in aluminum powder usage as an energetic material and applications for rocket propellant

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1440, Issue , 2012, Pages 100-108

  Sadeghipour, S ^a   Ghaderian, J ^a   Wahid, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

aluminum powder; Energetic materials; nano aluminum; rocket fuel

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874404419     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4704207     Document Type: Conference Paper

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