The effect of particle size polydispersity on the explosibility characteristics of aluminum dust

Powder Technology

Volumn 254, Issue , 2014, Pages 331-337

  Castellanos, Diana ^a   Carreto Vazquez, Victor H ^a   Mashuga, Chad V ^b   Trottier, Remi ^b   Mejia, Andres F ^a   Mannan, M Sam ^a  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

^b DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum; Deflagration index; Particle size distribution; Polydispersity

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION KINETICS; DEFLAGRATION INDEX; DUST CONCENTRATIONS; EXPLOSION HAZARDS; EXPLOSION PROPAGATION; MAXIMUM RATE OF PRESSURE RISE; NARROW SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; SIZE POLYDISPERSITY;

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM METALLOGRAPHY; COMBUSTION; MIXTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POLYDISPERSITY; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

EXPLOSIONS;

ALUMINUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFLAGRATION INDEX; DUST; EXPLOSIBILITY; KINETICS; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYDISPERSITY; PRESSURE;

EID: 84893398104     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: 1873328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2013.11.028     Document Type: Article

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