Acid-base interactions in energetic materials: I. The Hard and Soft Acids and Bases (HSAB) principle - Insights to reactivity and sensitivity of energetic materials

Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-16

  Koch, Ernst Christian ^a  

^a Diehl BGT Defence GmbH and Co KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

1,3,5 Trinitrobenzene Derivatives; Acid Base Reactions; Azides; Hardness; HSAB Principle; Magnesium Based Pyrolants; Reactivity; Sensitivity; Softness

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; BONDING; CHARGE TRANSFER; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DECOMPOSITION; DERIVATIVES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; HARDNESS; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; POSITIVE IONS;

1,3,5-TRINITROBENZENE DERIVATIVES; ACID-BASE REACTIONS; AZIDES; HARD AND SOFT ACID AND BASES (HSAB) PRINCIPLE; MAGNESIUM BASED PYROLANTS; REACTIVITY; SENSITIVITY; SOFTNESS;

EXPLOSIVES;

EID: 25444511522     PISSN: 07213115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prep.200400080     Document Type: Conference Paper

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