Theoretical studies on molecular and explosive properties of 4,4′,5,5′-tetranitro-2,2′-bi-1H-imidazole (TNBI)

Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-37

  Cho, Soo Gyeong ^a   Goh, Eun Mee ^a   Cho, Jin Rai ^a   Kim, Jeong Kook ^a  

^a Agency for Defence Development   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Density; Explosive Performance; Explosives; Heat of Formation; Molecular Structure; Tetranitrobiimidazole

Indexed keywords

DETONATION; EQUATIONS OF STATE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

EXPLOSIVE PERFORMANCE; HEAT OF FORMATION; TETRANITROBIIMIDAZOLE;

NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

EID: 33644637322     PISSN: 07213115     EISSN: 15214087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prep.200600004     Document Type: Article

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