Catalyst development for hydrogen peroxide rocket engines

35th Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 1-9

  Morlan, P W ^a   Wu, P K ^a   Ruttle, D W ^a   Fuller, R P ^a   Nejad, A S ^a   Anderson, W E ^b  

^a Kaiser Marquardt   (United States)

^b NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOOSTERS (ROCKET); CATALYST ACTIVITY; DROPS; EFFICIENCY; ENGINES; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IGNITION; METALS; OXIDATION; PEROXIDES; PROPULSION; PROTECTIVE COATINGS; ROCKET ENGINES; ROCKETS; SILVER; SILVER PLATING; TRANSITION METALS;

DECOMPOSITION EFFICIENCY; DECOMPOSITION PROCESS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; HETEROGENEOUS CATALYST; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE CONCENTRATION; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE DECOMPOSITION; LIQUID ROCKET ENGINES; PERFORMANCE DEGRADATION;

CATALYSTS;

EID: 84963815623     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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