Triphenylamine - A 'new' stabilizer for nitrocellulose based Propellants - Part I: Chemical stability studies

Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 135-148

  Wilker, Stephan ^a   Heeb, Gerhard ^a   Vogelsanger, Beat ^b   Petržílek, Jan ^c   Skládal, Jan ^c  

^a WIWEB ASt Heimerzheim   (Germany)

^b Nitrochemie Wimmis AG   (Switzerland)

^c Explosia as   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

High temperature tests; Microcalorimetry; Propellants; Stability; Stabilizer; Stabilizer depletion; Triphenylamine (TPA); Vacuum stability

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; PROPELLANTS;

MICROCALORIMETRY; STABILIZER DEPLETION; TRIPHENYLAMINE (TPA);

NITROCELLULOSE;

CELLULOSE NITRATE; DECAY; PROPELLANTS;

EID: 34547444423     PISSN: 07213115     EISSN: 15214087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prep.200700014     Document Type: Article

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