A reliable simple method to estimate density of nitroaliphatics, nitrate esters and nitramines

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 169, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 158-169

  Keshavarz, Mohammad Hossein ^a   Pouretedal, Hamid Reza ^a  

^a MALEK ASHTAR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Correlation; Crystal density; Nitramine; Nitrate ester; Nitroaliphatic

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; CRYSTAL DENSITY; NITRAMINE; NITRATE ESTER; NITROALIPHATIC;

ESTERIFICATION; HYDROGEN; NITRATES; NITRATION;

ESTERS;

CARBON; EXPLOSIVE; HYDROGEN; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NITROSAMINE; OXYGEN;

CORRELATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DENSITY; EXPLOSIVE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY GRADIENT; GROUP ADDIVITY METHOD; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PREDICTION; RELIABILITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANILINE COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALLIZATION; ESTERS; EXPLOSIVE AGENTS; METHODS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NITRATES; NITROBENZENES;

EID: 67649803155     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.03.091     Document Type: Article

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