Nanoenergetic gas-generators: design and performance

Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 532-538

  Martirosyan, Karen S ^a   Wang, Leizheng ^a   Vicent, Arol ^a   Luss, Dan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Combustion synthesis; Explosives; Gas generators; Materials; Nanoenergetic; Thermite reactions

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH OXIDES; CRYSTALLINITIES; MAXIMUM PRESSURE; NANOENERGETIC; NANOSTRUCTURED PARTICLES; ONE-STEP PROCESS; PEAK GAS; PEAK PRESSURE; PEAK VALUES; PRESSURE PEAKS; PRESSURE PULSE; REACTANT MIXTURES; ROCKET PROPELLANTS; THERMITE REACTION; THERMITE SYSTEMS;

AIRCRAFT FUELS; BISMUTH; BORON; BORON COMPOUNDS; EXPLOSIVES; GAS GENERATORS; GASES; MILITARY APPLICATIONS; NANOPARTICLES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

COMBUSTION SYNTHESIS;

EID: 73349111597     PISSN: 07213115     EISSN: 15214087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prep.200800059     Document Type: Article

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