A survey of the thermal stability of energetic materials

Theoretical and Computational Chemistry

Volumn 12, Issue , 2003, Pages 5-48

  Oxley, Jimmie C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

AROMATIC NITRO COMPOUND; EXPLOSIVE; NITROALKANE;

CATALYSIS; CONTAMINATION; DECOMPOSITION; ENERGETIC MATERIAL; GASIFICATION; HYDROGEN BOND; MATERIAL STATE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PROTON TRANSPORT; REVIEW; SOLID STATE; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 0345603516     PISSN: 13807323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s1380-7323(03)80003-1     Document Type: Review

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