Fiery research: Sandia computers model rocket fuel fires
Tuesday, July 31, 2012 - 08:31
in Physics & Chemistry
(Phys.org) -- Walt Gill of Sandia National Laboratories Fire & Aerosol Sciences Department calls it a pancake a disk more than a foot in diameter covered with what looks like the debris youd scrape off a particularly messy barbecue grill. Its actually a crunchy, baked-on mixture of aluminum, aluminum oxide, carbon and other chemicals that coats everything after a rocket propellant fire.