Reaction mechanism of 1,3,5-trinitro-s-triazine (RDX) deciphered by density functional theory

Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 505-513

  Swadley, Matthew J ^a   Li, Tonglei ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b University of Kentucky   (United States)

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EID: 36148991832     PISSN: 15499618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ct600202e     Document Type: Article

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