Aqueous solubility and alkaline hydrolysis of the novel high explosive hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane (CL-20)

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 120, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 183-191

  Karakaya, Pelin ^a   Sidhoum, Mohammed ^a   Christodoulatos, Christos ^a   Nicolich, Steve ^b   Balas, Wendy ^b  

^a Stevens Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b US Army ARDEC   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkaline hydrolysis; CL 20; HNIW; Kinetics; Solubility

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ALKALINITY; AMINES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HYDROLYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLUBILITY;

ALKALINE HYDROLYSIS; POLYCYCLIC NITRAMINE CL-20; RDX; SODIUM HYDROXIDE;

EXPLOSIVES;

CYCLONITE; CYCLOTETRAMETHYLENETETRANITRAMINE; EXPLOSIVE; HEXANITROHEXAAZAISOWURTZITANE; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

EXPLOSIVE; SOLUBILITY;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; ENERGY; EVALUATION; FLOW KINETICS; HYDROLYSIS; SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ARRHENIUS;

EID: 16344370050     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2005.01.001     Document Type: Article

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