Detonation performance of TATP/AN-based explosives

Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 296-300

  Matyáš, Robert ^a   Zeman, Svatopluk ^a   Trzciński, Waldemar ^b   Cudziło, Stanisław ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARDUBICE   (Czech Republic)

^b MILITARY UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cylinder test; Detonation velocity; Gurney energy; TATP; Triacetone triperoxide

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); EMULSIFICATION; EMULSIONS; EXPLOSIVES; FUEL OILS; MIXTURES; NITRATES; NITRATION; VELOCITY; WATER CONTENT;

CYLINDER TEST; DETONATION VELOCITY; GURNEY ENERGY; TATP; TRIACETONE TRIPEROXIDE;

DETONATION;

EID: 55349087580     PISSN: 07213115     EISSN: 15214087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prep.200700230     Document Type: Article

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