Some properties of explosive mixtures containing peroxides. Part I. Relative performance and detonation of mixtures with triacetone triperoxide

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 154, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 192-198

  Zeman, Svatopluk ^a   Trzciński, Waldemar A ^b   Matyáš, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARDUBICE   (Czech Republic)

^b MILITARY UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Ammonium nitrate; Detonation; Relative performance; Triacetone triperoxide; Urea nitrate

Indexed keywords

CODES (STANDARDS); DECOMPOSITION; NITRATES; PEROXIDES;

AMMONIUM NITRATE; RELATIVE PERFORMANCE; TRIACETONE TRIPEROXIDE; UREA NITRATE;

DETONATION;

AMMONIUM NITRATE; EXPLOSIVE; PEROXIDE; TRIACETONE TRIPEROXIDE; TRINITROTOLUENE; UREA; WATER;

CODES (STANDARDS); DECOMPOSITION; DETONATION; NITRATES; PEROXIDES;

ACETONE; AMMONIUM NITRATE; EXPLOSIVE; MORTAR; OXYGEN; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; THERMODYNAMICS; TRINITROTOLUENE; UREA; WATER;

ARTICLE; EXPLOSION; THERMODYNAMICS; VELOCITY; WATER CONTENT;

EXPLOSIVE AGENTS; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS, 1-RING; NITRATES; OXYGEN; PEROXIDES; UREA; WATER;

EID: 43049111073     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2007.10.012     Document Type: Article

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