Coefficient of thermal expansion of the beta and delta polymorphs of HMX

Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 344-350

  Weese, Randall K ^a   Burnham, Alan K ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

DSC; HMX; Kinetics; Solid Solid Phase Transition; Thermal Expansion; TMA

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; GROWTH KINETICS; HEATING; NUCLEATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

HEAT ABSORPTION; HMX; NUCLEATION-GROWTH KINETICS; SOLID-SOLID PHASE TRANSITION;

THERMAL EXPANSION;

EID: 27744571393     PISSN: 07213115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prep.200500024     Document Type: Article

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