Characterization and morphology of alumina particles in solid propellant subscale rocket motor plumes

36th AIAA Thermophysics Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Gosse S ^a,b   Sarou Kanian, V ^a   Veron E ^a   Millot, F ^a   Rifflet, J C ^a   Simon, P ^a  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b Office National d'Etudes et de Recherches Aerospatiales   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; DROPS; MORPHOLOGY; NOZZLES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SOLID PROPELLANTS; X RAYS;

ALUMINUM OXYNITRIDE; CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; RADIATIVE PROPERTIES; SCANNING ELECTRONIC MICROSCOPY (SEM); SOLID PROPELLANT ROCKET MOTOR; SPINEL-TYPE STRUCTURES; TIME-TEMPERATURE HISTORY;

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

EID: 85088720535     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2003-3649     Document Type: Conference Paper

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