Environmentally acceptable alternatives to lead azide and lead styphnate

Collection of Technical Papers - 43rd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 1360-1367

  Fronabarger, John W ^a   Williams, Michael D ^a,c   Bichay, Magdy ^b  

^a Pacific Scientific Energetic Materials Co   (United States)

^b NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD AZIDES; STYPHNATE; STYPHNATE REPLACEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MATERIALS SCIENCE; SAFETY ENGINEERING; SYSTEM STABILITY; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

COPPER COMPOUNDS;

EID: 36749079402     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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2. NSWC-IH Contract N00174-06-C-0079.
3. Fronabarger, J. W., Williams, M.D. and Sanborn, W.B., "Lead Free Primary Explosive Composition and Method of Preparation", Provisional Application for Patent, Attorney Docket No. 17563US01, 16 May06.
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10. Fronabarger, J.W., Williams, M.D., Sanborn, W.B., Sitzmann, M.E. and Bichay, M., "Preparation, Characterization and Output Testing of Salts of 7-hydroxy-4,6-dinitrobenzofuroxan", SAFE Journal 2007, accepted for publication.
11. Sitzmann, M.E., Bichay, M., Fronabarger, J.W., Williams, M.D. and Sanborn, W.B., "Current Investigations of Some Alternatives to Lead Azide and Lead Styphnate", 50th Annual Fuze Conference, 9-11May2006, Norfolk, VA.
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