Chemical stability, compatibility and shelf life of explosives

Chimia

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 401-408

  Vogelsanger, Beat ^a  

^a NITROCHEMIE WIMMIS AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Compatibility; Explosives; Propellants; Stability

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC COMPOUND; AMINE; AROMATIC COMPOUND; AZIDE; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; ESTER DERIVATIVE; EXPLOSIVE; INORGANIC COMPOUND; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITRO DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PROPELLANT;

CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ENERGY; EXPLOSION; FLOW RATE; HEAT; MATERIAL STATE; REVIEW; SAFETY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAVIMETRY;

EID: 3142626632     PISSN: 00094293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2533/000942904777677740     Document Type: Review

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