Synthesis and characterization of 4,4′5,5′-tetranitro-2, 2′-Bi-1H-imidazole(TNBI)

Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 445-449

  Cho, Soo Gyeong ^a   Cho, Jin Rai ^a   Goh, Eun Mee ^a   Kim, Jae Kyung ^a   Damavarapu, Reddy ^b   Surapaneni, Rao ^b  

^a Agency for Defence Development   (South Korea)

^b U S ARMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical Characterization; Explosive Molecule; Impact Sensitivity; Synthesis; Tetranitrobiimidazole

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVES; FILLERS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MOISTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ENERGETIC FILLERS; RDX; SODIUM NITRATE; TNBI;

NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

EID: 29544439945     PISSN: 07213115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prep.200500040     Document Type: Article

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