Studies of detonation characteristics of aluminum enriched RDX compositions

Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 392-400

  Trzciński, Waldemar A ^a   Cudzilo, Stanisław ^a   Szymańczyk, Leszek ^a  

^a MILITARY UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Aluminized explosives; Detonation; Performance

Indexed keywords

DETONATION; PARTICLE SIZE; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WATER; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ALUMINIZED EXPLOSIVES; ALUMINUM ENRICHED RDX COMPOSITIONS; DETONATION CHARACTERISTICS; PERFORMANCE;

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 35748958463     PISSN: 07213115     EISSN: 15214087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prep.200700201     Document Type: Article

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