Migration of plasticizer between bonded propellant interfaces

Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 12-17

  Gottlieb, Levi ^a   Bar, Sigalit ^a  

^a RAFAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aging; Composite Propellant; Plasticizer Migration; Tensile Strength

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; BONDING; COMBUSTION; CURING; DIFFUSION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); PROPELLANTS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

COMPOSITE PROPELLANTS; GRAIN TOUGHENING;

PLASTICIZERS;

EID: 0037298166     PISSN: 07213115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prep.200390000     Document Type: Article

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