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BL
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971796
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b726166
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| Title & Author
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Microgravity combustion : : fire in free fall /\ edited by Howard D. Ross.
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| Publication Statement
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San Diego, California :: Academic Press,, ©2001.
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| Series Statement
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Combustion treatise
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1 online resource (x, 575 pages, 7 unnumbered pages of color plates) :: illustrations.
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| ISBN
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0080549977
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: 9780080549972
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0125981902
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Front Cover; Microgravity Combustion: Fire in Free Fall; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1. Basics of Microgravity Combustion; Chapter 2. Premixed-gas Flames; Chapter 3. Laminar and Turbulent Gaseous Diffusion Flames; Chapter 4. Microgravity Droplet Combustion; Chapter 5. Mechanisms of Flame Spread and Smolder Wave Propagation; Chapter 6. Metal Particle Combustion and Classification; Chapter 7. Microgravity Combustion for Materials Synthesis; Chapter 8. Combustion Technology and Fire Safety for Human-crew Space Missions; Index; Colour Plate Section.
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| Abstract
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This book provides an introduction to understanding combustion, the burning of a substance that produces heat and often light, in microgravity environments-i.e., environments with very low gravity such as outer space. Readers are presented with a compilation of worldwide findings from fifteen years of research and experimental tests in various low-gravity environments, including drop towers, aircraft, and space. Microgravity Combustion is unique in that no other book reviews low- gravity combustion research in such a comprehensive manner. It provides an excellent introduction for researching in the fields of combustion, aerospace, and fluid and thermal sciences.
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Combustion.
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Research in reduced gravity environments.
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Combustion.
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Research in reduced gravity environments.
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SCIENCE-- Chemistry-- Physical Theoretical.
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| Dewey Classification
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541.3/61
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| LC Classification
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QD516.M618 2001eb
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| Added Entry
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Ross, Howard D.
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| Parallel Title
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Fire in free fall
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