Safe operating temperatures for pressurized alkaline hydrolysis of HMX- based explosives

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1215-1220

  Bishop, Robert L ^a   Harradine, David M ^a   Flesner, Raymond L ^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

DETONATION; EXPLOSIVES; HYDROCARBONS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

ALKALINE; THERMAL RUNAWAY;

HYDROLYSIS;

EXPLOSIVE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; HYDROLYSIS; LINEAR SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRESSURE; REACTION ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0034069436     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie9904448     Document Type: Article

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