Hydrolysis of hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane (CL-20)

Journal of Energetic Materials

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-18

  Pavlov, Julius ^a   Christodoulatos, Christos ^a   Sidhoum, Mohammed ^a   Nicolich, Steven ^b   Balas, Wendy ^b   Koutsospyros, Agamemnon ^c  

^a Stevens Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b US Army ARDEC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhenius equation; CL 20; HNIW; Hydrolysis; Kinetics; Polymorphs

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847046726     PISSN: 07370652     EISSN: 15458822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07370650601107245     Document Type: Article

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