Burning of mixtures of magnesium with sodium nitrate. I. Burning velocity of two-component mixtures of magnesium with sodium nitrate

We propose a physically sound model for burning of mixtures of magnesium with sodium nitrate and we obtain an equation determining the burning velocity of such mixtures. We analyze the effect of various factors on their burning velocities. We compare the calculated and experimental dependences of the burning velocity on the ratio of components, the magnesium particle size, the initial temperature of the mixture, and the external pressure.