Characteristics of Composition B particles from blow-in-place detonations

Chemosphere

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1405-1413

  Taylor, Susan ^a   Campbell, Eleanor ^a   Perovich, Laura ^a   Lever, James ^a   Pennington, Judith ^b  

^a Engineering Research and Development Center   (United States)

^b US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blow in place detonations; Composition B; Distribution of explosive residue

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; CONTAMINATION; DEPOSITION; EXPLOSIVES;

BLOW-IN-PLACE DETONATIONS; COMPOSITION B; EXPLOSIVE RESIDUE; RESEARCHED AND DEVELOPED EXPLOSIVES (RDX);

DETONATION;

CYCLONITE; EXPLOSIVE; TRINITROTOLUENE;

COMPOSITION; CONTAMINATION; DEPOSITION; DETONATION; EXPLOSIVES;

EXPLOSIVE; FOOTPRINT; MORTAR; POLLUTION; TRINITROTOLUENE;

ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 33748889590     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.03.077     Document Type: Article

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