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Characterization Of Aluminum Powder Ignition, Salil Mohan

Theses

Heating rate effect and particle size effect on ignition temperature of Al powder were studied to collect data for development of a possible Al powder ignition model. Aluminum ignition is associated with a highly accelerated burn rate and high combustion enthalpy. A new ignition model, which can adequately interpret these conditions, is needed to develop better propulsion fuels, explosives and incendiaries that use Al as an additive. This experimental program was focused on preparing framework for characterization of ignition kinetics of Al powder by determining the ignition temperature for different, systematically varied, heating rates and particle size. The experimental setup …