An overview on the synthetic routes and properties of ammonium dinitramide (ADN) and other dinitramide salts

Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 178-187

  Venkatachalam, Subbiah ^a   Santhosh, Gopalakrishnan ^a   Ninan, Kovoor Ninan ^a  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

Alkyl Dinitramines; Ammonium Dinitramide; Dinitramide Salts; Nitration

Indexed keywords

CHLORINATION; COMBUSTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NITRATION; PROPELLANTS; ROCKETS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

ALKYL DINITRAMINES; DINITRAMIDE SALTS; EXHAUST PRODUCTS; NEGATIVE CHARGE DELOCALIZATION;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 3142681523     PISSN: 07213115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prep.200400043     Document Type: Review

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