Novel butyl composite for less-lethal ammunition

KGK Kautschuk Gummi Kunststoffe

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 288-296

  Puskas, Judit E ^a,b   Kumar, B ^a   Ebied, A ^a   Lamperd, B ^a  

^a University of Akron ^*

^b The University of Akron   (United States)

Author keywords

Butyl rubber (IIR); Filled composite; Less lethal ammunition; Polystyrene polyisobutylene polystyrene block copolymer (SIBS); Thermoplastic elastomer

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICAL SURROGATES; BUTYL COMPOSITES; LESS-LETHAL AMMUNITION; LETHAL PROJECTILES;

AMMUNITION; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELASTOMERS; ENERGY TRANSFER; LAW ENFORCEMENT; POLYSTYRENES; RUBBER; THERMOPLASTICS;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

EID: 20844459459     PISSN: 09483276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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