Hot-wire ignition of AN-Based Emulsions

Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 472-481

  Turcotte, Richard ^a   Goldthorp, Sandra ^a   Badeen, Christopher M ^a   Chan, Sek Kwan ^b  

^a Canadian Explosives Research Laboratory   (Canada)

^b Orica Canada Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ammonium nitrate; Commercial explosives; Hot wire ignition; Minimum burning pressure; Water based explosives

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; EMULSIFICATION; EXPLOSIVES; IGNITION SYSTEMS; PRESSURE VESSELS; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; WATER WELL PUMPS; WIRE;

AMMONIUM NITRATE; COMMERCIAL EXPLOSIVES; CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; FUNCTION OF PRESSURES; HEAT SOURCES; HOT-WIRE IGNITION; IGNITION CHARACTERISTICS; IGNITION MECHANISMS; IGNITION SOURCES; MINIMUM BURNING PRESSURE; SUSTAINED COMBUSTIONS; WIRE SYSTEMS;

IGNITION;

EID: 57649198567     PISSN: 07213115     EISSN: 15214087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prep.200700276     Document Type: Article

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