Low temperature non-isothermal aging of nitrocellulose

Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 231-236

  Bauer, Clare L ^a   Deacon, Paul R ^a   Garman, Russell N ^a   Emsley, Alan M ^b   Jones, John R ^b  

^a AWE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activation Energy; Molecular Weight; Nitrocellulose; Non Isothermal Aging; Size Exclusion Chromatography

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; AGING OF MATERIALS; BINDERS; CELLULOSE; EXPLOSIVES; LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY; VISCOSITY;

CHAIN SCISSION; FIBROUS STATE; NON-ISOTHERMAL AGING; POLYMER-BONDED EXPLOSIVES (PBX);

NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; AGING; BINDERS; CELLULOSE NITRATE; EXPLOSIVES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; VISCOSITY;

EID: 25444502322     PISSN: 07213115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prep.200500011     Document Type: Article

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