Determining the vapor pressures of diacetone diperoxide (DADP) and hexamethylene triperoxide diamine (HMTD)

Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 539-543

  Oxley, Jimmie C ^a   Smith, James L ^a   Luo, Wei ^a   Brady, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

(Hexamethylene triperoxide Diamine); (Triacetone triperoxide); DADP (Diacetone diperoxide); Explosive detection; HMTD; TATP; TNT (2,4,6 trinitrotoluene); Vapor pressure of explosives

Indexed keywords

CLAPEYRON EQUATIONS; DADP (DIACETONE DIPEROXIDE); DIACETONE DIPEROXIDE; EXPLOSIVE DETECTION; HEADSPACE TECHNIQUE; HEAT OF SUBLIMATION; THERMAL STABILITY; TRIACETONE TRIPEROXIDE; VAPOR PHASE DECOMPOSITION; VAPOR SIGNATURES;

CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; CYCLOHEXANE; EXPLOSIVES DETECTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; NITRATION; VAPOR PRESSURE; VAPORS;

EXPLOSIVES;

EID: 73349091824     PISSN: 07213115     EISSN: 15214087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prep.200800073     Document Type: Article

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