2,2-Dinitro-1,3-bis-nitrooxy-propane (NPN): A new energetic plasticizer

Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 314-319

  Wingborg, Niklas ^a   Eldsäter, Carina ^a  

^a SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINES; GLASS TRANSITION; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; OXYGEN; PLASTICIZERS; STABILIZERS (AGENTS); TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; UREA; VISCOSITY;

DINITROBISNITROOXYPROPANE; NITROGLYCERINE; POLYNITROMETHYLMETHYLOXETANE;

SOLID PROPELLANTS;

EID: 0036979228     PISSN: 07213115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prep.200290000     Document Type: Article

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