Review of aluminum oxide rocket exhaust particles

AIAA 28th Thermophysics Conference, 1993

Volumn , Issue , 1993, Pages

  Reed, R A ^a   Calia, V S ^b  

^a Arnold Air force Base ^*  (United States)

^b NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; GAS DYNAMICS; INFRARED RADIATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; ROCKETS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

CRYSTAL PHASIS; EXHAUST PARTICLES; EXHAUST PLUMES; THERMAL INFRARED RADIATIONS;

ALUMINUM OXIDE;

EID: 85001908135     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1993-2819     Document Type: Conference Paper

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