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Metal fuels are emerging as a zero-carbon, high-energy density replacement for fossil fuels due to their availability and recyclability using renewable energy. Aluminum powder has been investigated mostly in air as an additive in solid rocket engines. Combustion in pressurized steam is a new concept for on-demand production of high-temperature heat and hydrogen. In A-STEAM we combine simulations, modeling and experiments to investigate the fundamental properties of pressurized aluminum-steam flames: from single particles to turbulent flames with millions of particles.