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Propulsive Performance of Mechanically Activated Aluminum–Water Gelled Composite Propellant
M. G. Gautham,P. A. Ramakrishna +1 more
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In this article, the authors evaluated the propulsive performance of aluminum and water gelled composite propellant using polyacrylamide as a gelling agent for the first time.Abstract:
The present study deals with the evaluation of the propulsive performance of aluminum (Al)–water gelled composite propellant. Here, Al and water have been gelled using polyacrylamide as a gelling a...read more
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Specific features of the reaction between ultrafine aluminum and water in a combustion regime
TL;DR: In this paper, the combustion of mixtures of an ultrafine electroexplosive aluminum powder with water thickened by a 3% polyacrylamide additive is investigated.
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Effect of mechanical activation of high specific surface area aluminium with PTFE on composite solid propellant
M Gaurav,P. A. Ramakrishna +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the mechanical activation of pyral with PTFE was investigated and the results showed that pyral is a flake-like aluminium particle with a large specific surface area (∼22.5 m 2 /g).
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Investigation of aluminum particle combustion for underwater propulsion applications
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Combustion of Frozen Nanoaluminum and Water Mixtures
TL;DR: In this paper, three motors of internal diameters in the range of 1.91-7.62 cm were studied, with a center-perforated grain configuration and an expansion ratio of 10.7MPa.
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Evidence of a Kinetic Isotope Effect in Nanoaluminum and Water Combustion
TL;DR: The first-ever observed kinetic isotope effect in a metal combustion reaction is presented and it is verified that chemical reaction kinetics play a major role in determining the global burning rate.