Experimental study of the detonation of technical grade ammonium nitrate

Comptes Rendus - Mecanique

Volumn 337, Issue 11-12, 2009, Pages 755-760

  Presles, Henri Noël ^a   Vidal, Pierre ^a   Khasainov, Boris ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Ammonium nitrate; Combustion; Critical detonation diameter; Detonation; Detonation sensitivity; Detonation velocity

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM NITRATE; DETONATION SENSITIVITY; DETONATION VELOCITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; STEEL TUBE; STRONG DETONATION; THICK STEEL TUBES;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; COMBUSTION; NITRATES; STEEL METALLOGRAPHY; TUBES (COMPONENTS); TUBULAR STEEL STRUCTURES;

DETONATION;

AMMONIUM NITRATE; COMBUSTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; POLYMER; STEEL;

EID: 70450285169     PISSN: 16310721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crme.2009.10.007     Document Type: Article

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