Thermal cook-off response of confined PBX 9501

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 460, Issue 2052, 2004, Pages 3447-3455

  Dickson, P M ^a   Asay, B W ^a   Henson, B F ^a   Smilowitz, L B ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cook off; PBX 9501; Thermal explosion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHEMICAL REACTION; COMBUSTION; ENERGY TRANSFER; HEATING; REACTION ANALYSIS; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

EID: 13244260114     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2004.1348     Document Type: Article

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