- Author
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Malchi, J. Y.
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Prosser, J.
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Yetter, R. A.
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Son, S. F.
- Title
- Realizing Microgravity Flame Spread Characteristics at 1 g Over a Bed of Nano-Aluminum Powder.
- Coporate
- Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park
Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN
- Report
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Volume 32; Part 2,
- Book or Conf
- Combustion Institute, Symposium (International) on Combustion, 32nd. Proceedings. Volume 32. Part 2. August 3-8, 2008,
Combustion Institute, Pittsburgh, PA,
Montreal, Canada,
Dagaut, P.; Sick, V., Editors,
2437-2444 p.,
2009
- Keywords
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combustion
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powders
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flame spread
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microgravity
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aluminum
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scaling
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polymethyl methacrylate
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equations
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experiments
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fuels
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oxygen concentration
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particle size
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flame spread rate
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vapor phases
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diffusion flames
- Identifiers
- nanoscale aluminum (nAl) powders; kinetic regime; thermal regime; low-flow regime; orders of magnitude over different fuels at various oxygen concentrations; solid phase conduction as dominant mechanism; role of the oxidizer and the analogy to 1-D gaseous diffusion flame; properties of different size particles; fingering phenomenon