Theoretical investigation of some high-performance novel amine azide propellants

Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 338-347

  Sengupta, Debasis ^a   Raman, Sumathi ^b  

^a DYNAMICS RESEARCH CORPORATION   (United States)

^b OAKWOOD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amine azide; Density; Heat of formation; Hypergolic propellant; Specific impulse

Indexed keywords

AMINES; COMPUTATION THEORY; IGNITION; MOLECULAR MODELING;

AMINE AZIDE; HEAT OF FORMATION; HYPERGOLIC PROPELLANT; SPECIFIC IMPULSE;

PROPELLANTS;

EID: 34548449412     PISSN: 07213115     EISSN: 15214087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prep.200700038     Document Type: Article

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