Droplet combustion studies of nitromethane and its blends

An experimental study was conducted on droplet combustion of the monopropellant pure nitromethane (NM) as well as NM blended with methanol. Pure NM droplet combustion was conducted in a quiescent atmosphere of air with the droplets supported at the tip of quartz fibers under normal gravity. Additional experiments were conducted by varying the ambient oxygen mass fractions. The dependence of burning rate constant on initial droplet diameter was...