Onset temperatures in hot wire ignition of AN-based emulsions

Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-49

  Chan, Sek Kwan ^a   Turcotte, Richard ^b  

^a Orica Mining Services   (Canada)

^b Canadian Explosives Research Laboratory   (Canada)

Author keywords

Combustion; Explosive; Hazards; Ignition

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COMBUSTION; EMULSIFICATION; EXPLOSIVES; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); HEATING; IGNITION; NITRATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PROGRAMMING THEORY; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; SODIUM; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMOCHEMISTRY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; UREA; VAPOR PRESSURE; WATER VAPOR;

ACCURATE PREDICTIONS; AMMONIUM NITRATES; ANALYTICAL THEORIES; CONCENTRATION OF; ENDOTHERMIC EFFECTS; EXPLOSIVE; GAS-PHASE; GENERAL SOLUTIONS; HAZARDS; HEAT FEEDBACKS; HEAT INPUTS; HOT WIRES; INERT MATERIALS; LOW PRESSURES; MINIMUM BURNING PRESSURES; NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS; ONSET TEMPERATURES; PHASE TRANSITION TEMPERATURES; REACTION ZONES; SODIUM NITRATES; VAPOUR PRESSURES; VARIABLE THERMAL PROPERTIES; WIRE TEMPERATURES;

WIRE;

EID: 60349093951     PISSN: 07213115     EISSN: 15214087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prep.200700288     Document Type: Article

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