Application of gas-liquid film theory to base hydrolysis of HMX powder and HMX-based plastic-bonded explosives using sodium carbonate

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 4551-4559

  Bishop, Robert L ^a   Flesner, Raymond L ^a   Dell'Orco, Philip C ^a   Spontarelli, Terry ^a   Larson, Sheldon A ^a   Bell, David A ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINES; AMMONIA; CARBONATES; DECOMPOSITION; EXPLOSIVES; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITRATES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; REACTION KINETICS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

GAS-LIQUID FILM THEORY; SODIUM CARBONATES;

HYDROLYSIS;

ACETIC ACID; AMMONIA; EXPLOSIVE; FORMIC ACID; METHENAMINE; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; SODIUM CARBONATE; SODIUM HYDROXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DECOMPOSITION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROLYSIS; REACTION ANALYSIS; REACTION TIME; REACTOR; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 0032465978     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie980351a     Document Type: Article

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