Hazard characterization of aluminum nanopowder compositions

Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 120-131

  Jones, David E G ^a   Turcotte, Richard ^a   Fouchard, Robert C ^a   Kwok, Queenie S M ^a   Turcotte, Anne Marie ^a   Abdel Qader, Zainab ^a  

^a Canadian Explosives Research Laboratory   (Canada)

Author keywords

ADN; Aluminum; GAP; Nanometric Size; Sensitivity; Thermal Stability

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; PASSIVATION; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES; POWDER METALS; PYROLYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGES;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 0037706154     PISSN: 07213115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prep.200390018     Document Type: Article

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