On the correlation between miscibility and solubility properties of energetic plasticizers/polymer blends: Modeling and simulation studies

Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 301-310

  Abou Rachid, Hakima ^a   Lussier, Louis Simon ^a   Ringuette, Sophie ^a   Lafleur Lambert, Xavier ^b   Jaidann, Mounir ^b   Brisson, Josée ^b  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amorphous phase; Calculations; Cohesive energy density; Compass force field; DEGDN; DOA; Energetic material; HTPB; Miscibility; Molecular dynamics modeling; Pair correlation functions; PBX; Plasticizer

Indexed keywords

BUTADIENE; CORRELATION METHODS; DIRECTION OF ARRIVAL; DYNAMICS; ENTHALPY; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; GLYCOLS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PLASTICIZERS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; RADIO DIRECTION FINDING SYSTEMS; SOLUBILITY; TERNARY SYSTEMS; VAPORIZATION;

AMORPHOUS PHASE; COHESIVE ENERGY DENSITY; COMPASS FORCE FIELD; DEGDN; DOA; ENERGETIC MATERIAL; HTPB; MISCIBILITY; PAIR CORRELATION FUNCTIONS; PBX;

ABS RESINS;

EID: 55349113256     PISSN: 07213115     EISSN: 15214087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prep.200700211     Document Type: Article

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