The currently used micrometric Al powders (30-50 μm nominal size) were replaced by
nanometric powders (0.1-0.2 μm) in order to investigate the effects of aluminum particle size …

Several aluminum nanopowders were examined and compared with the final goal to
evaluate their application in solid rocket propulsion. A detailed investigation of pre-burning …

The effects of aluminum particle size on burning rate, ignition delay, and aluminum
agglomeration processes at the burning surface of solid rocket propellants are investigated …

The characterization of several differently sized aluminium powders, by BET (specific
surface), EM (electron microscopy), XRD (x-ray diffraction), and XPS (x-ray photoelectron …

A characterization of differently sized aluminum powders, by using BET (specific surface
measurements), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), and X-ray …

Aluminum powders are commonly used in solid propellants to enhance the performance of
space propulsion systems. During combustion, a fraction of the fuel metal particles, which …

Aluminum has been used in solid space propulsion for decades in the shape of micrometric
metal powders thanks to its appealing energetic content (30 kJ/g). Typical mean sizes range …

The first solid propellant samples loaded with nanosized aluminum (nAl) were burned at the
Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics (Russia), in 1970. Remarkable increases in burning …

Nano-aluminum particles were produced by the electrical wire explosion method at this
laboratory. The size and shape of the particles were measured using a transmission electron …

Nanoaluminum as a Solid Propellant Fuel Page 1 Nanoaluminum as a Solid Propellant Fuel
Valery Babuk, ∗ Ildar Dolotkazin, † Alexey Gamsov, ‡ and Andrey Glebov§ Baltic State …