Metal-fluorocarbon-pyrolants: III. Development and application of Magnesium/Teflon/Viton (MTV)

Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 262-266

  Koch, Ernst Christian ^a  

^a Diehl Munitionssysteme GmbH Co KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; COPOLYMERS; ENTHALPY; INFRARED RADIATION; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; STOICHIOMETRY;

PYROTECHNIC PAYLOADS;

POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES;

EID: 0036862761     PISSN: 07213115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-4087(200211)27:5<262::AID-PREP262>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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