Combustion of Polymethylmethacrylate Spheres at Normal and Reduced Gravity (NISTIR 5904)

Published

October 28, 1996

Author(s)

Jiann C. Yang, Anthony P. Hamins, N Gorchkov, M Glover

Abstract

Polymer combustion is a highly complicated process where chemical reactions may occur not only in the gas phase, but also in the condensed phase as well as at the solid-gas interphase. The complication arises due to the coupling between the condensed phase and gas phase phenomena. While some polymers form a char layer during combustion, others exhibit swelling, bubbling, melting, sputtering, and multi-stage combustion. The combustion of polymeric materials is related to many applications including solid and hybrid rocket propulsion, and of recent interest, waste incineration.

Citation

NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR) - 5904

Report Number

5904

NIST Pub Series

NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)

Pub Type

NIST Pubs

Download Paper

https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.5904

Keywords

fire research, fire science, polymethyl methacrylate, gravity, combustion, experiments

Citation

Yang, J. , Hamins, A. , Gorchkov, N. and Glover, M. (1996), Combustion of Polymethylmethacrylate Spheres at Normal and Reduced Gravity (NISTIR 5904), NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.5904 (Accessed October 13, 2025)