Nano-sized aluminum- and boron-based solid-fuel characterization in a hybrid rocket engine

39th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Risha, Grant A ^a   Evans, Brian J ^a   Boyer, Eric ^a   Wehrman, Robert B ^a   Kuo, Kenneth K ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE PARTICLE SIZE; CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL ANALYSIS; COMBUSTION EFFICIENCIES; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; HYBRID ROCKET ENGINES; HYDROXYL TERMINATED POLYBUTADIENES; NANO-SIZED PARTICLES; OXIDE LAYER THICKNESS;

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM POWDER METALLURGY; BORON; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FLUORINE; FUELS; IGNITION; PARTICLE SIZE; PROPULSION; ROCKET ENGINES;

ALUMINUM COATINGS;

EID: 84897586281     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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