Production of nanocrystalline RDX by Rapid Expansion of Supercritical Solutions

Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 178-183

  Stepanov, Victor ^a   Krasnoperov, Lev N ^b   Elkina, Inga B ^b   Zhang, Xuyean ^b  

^a RDECOM ARDEC   (United States)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

CO2; Nanoscale Crystals; RDX; RESS; Supercritical Solution

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CRYSTALLIZATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MELTING; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SAPPHIRE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

CO2; NANOSCALE CRYSTALS; RAPID EXPANSION OF SUPERCRITICAL SOLUTIONS (RESS); RDX; SUPERCRITICAL SOLUTIONS;

EXPLOSIVES;

EID: 25444455050     PISSN: 07213115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prep.200500002     Document Type: Article

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