Nanostructured energetic composites of CL-20 and binders synthesized by sol gel methods

Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 61-69

  Li, Jun ^a   Brill, Thomas B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

CL 20; Composite Propellants; Cryogel Methods; GAP polyol; Nanoscale; Sol Gel Methods

Indexed keywords

CROSSLINKING; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GELS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

CL-20; CRYOGEL METHODS; GAP POLYOL;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 33644636899     PISSN: 07213115     EISSN: 15214087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prep.200600010     Document Type: Article

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