Thermal decomposition of pentaerythritol tetranitrate

Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 189-193

  Tarver, Craig M ^a   Tran, Tri D ^a   Whipple, Richard E ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN); Thermal decomposition

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPLOSIONS; HEAT TRANSFER; LOW TEMPERATURE OPERATIONS; ONE DIMENSIONAL; PYROLYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; THERMOCOUPLES;

ONE DIMENSIONAL TIME TO EXPLOSION APPARATUS; PENTAERYTHRITOL TETRANITRATE; THERMAL EXPLOSION;

EXPLOSIVES;

EID: 0141606111     PISSN: 07213115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prep.200300004     Document Type: Article

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