Shelf life prediction of propellants using a reaction severity index

Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 253-261

  Dubois, Charles ^a   Perreault, François ^a  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA VALCARTIER   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; BINDERS; DEGRADATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POLYURETHANES;

SHELF LIFE;

SOLID PROPELLANTS;

EID: 0036863816     PISSN: 07213115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-4087(200211)27:5<253::AID-PREP253>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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