Nanoscale aluminum and water propellants have received considerable interest as of late
because of their application to underwater and space propulsion. With the increasing …

Solid rocket motors are favored for launch applications because of their simplicity and high
thrust to weight ratio. Longer space missions and manned missions will require new, higher …

Aluminum‐water reactions have been proposed and studied for several decades for
underwater propulsion systems and applications requiring hydrogen generation. Aluminum …

LUMINUM powder is a common ingredient in conventional rocket propellant to increase
specific impulse, ISP, as well as stability. The properties and recent availability of nano-scale …

LUMINUM and water propellants have shown promise in eliminating some of the
disadvantages of AP-based propellants, yet present many challenges also. Theoretical …

The deflagration and combustion efficiency of 80 nm aluminum/ice (ALICE) mixtures with
equivalence ratios of ϕ= 1.0, 0.75, and 0.67 were experimentally investigated. We find that …

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 …

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 …

Frozen solid propellants based on nAl and ice mixtures have been studied. In particular, the
burning rate was measured for frozen aluminum ice mixtures, a model was developed for …

An experimental investigation was conducted to determine the relative propulsive
performance and viability of novel solid propellants comprised of ALICE using fundamental …