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Evaluation of ALON for cannon window application /

In applying laser ignition to large-caliber cannons, a critical element is the window into the cannon chamber to admit the laser energy. This window must repeatedly withstand a particularly harsh environment of highly reactive, high temperature combustion products from the gun propellant at pressure...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Beyer, Richard A. (Richard Anthony)
Corporate Author: U.S. Army Research Laboratory
Other Authors: Kerwien, Henry
Format: Government Document eBook
Language:English
Published: Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD : Army Research Laboratory, [2000]
Series:ARL-TR (Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.) ; 2358.
Subjects:
Ordnance.
Lasers.
Aluminum compounds.
Guns.
Firing mechanisms(weapon)
Windows.
Blast loads.
Spinel.
Oxynitrides.
Firing tests(ordnance)
Single crystals.
Laser beams.
Sapphire.
Gun propellants.
Ignition systems.
Combustion products.
CANNONS
ALON(ALUMINUM OXYNITRIDES)
PE62218A
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