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We studied experimentally the phenomenology, rules, and mechanism of the propagation of a burn front through iron—aluminum thermite in a long channel. We describe the dynamics of the change of orientation of the burn front as a function of the caloric content of the mixture, and we propose a mechanism for these dynamics. We show that there exist burn limits in the vertical and lengthwise directions dependent on the channel width and the caloric content of the mixture.
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Chernogolovka. Translated from Fizika Goreniya i Vzryva, Vol. 27, No. 6, pp. 29–33, November–December, 1991.
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Sanin, V.N., Silyakov, S.L. & Yukhvid, V.I. Propagation of a burn front through a long channel. Combust Explos Shock Waves 27, 674–677 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00814507
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00814507