Concept and performance of a non-azide propellant for automotive airbag inflators

Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 28-33

  Hara, Kazuo ^a   Yoshida, Tadao ^a   Misawa, Takeshi ^b   Maekawa, Tsukasa ^b   Yoshi, Shuso ^c   Yokoyama, Takushi ^c   Kazumi, Takashi ^d   Hayashi, Minoru ^d  

^a HOSEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Ohtsuka Chemical Co Ltd   (Japan)

^c DAICEL CORPORATION   (Japan)

^d Nippon Koki Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; AUTOMOBILE AIR BAGS; BINDERS; CATALYSTS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; TOXICITY;

AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT TESTS; AZODICARBONAMIDE; POTASSIUM PERCHLORATE; PRESSURE CHAMBER TESTS; SMALL BALL DROP TESTS; STRAND TESTS; TANK TESTS;

PROPELLANTS;

EID: 0031988396     PISSN: 07213115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4087(199802)23:1<28::AID-PREP28>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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