Measurement of porosity in a composite high explosive as a function of pressing conditions by ultra-small-angle neutron scattering with contrast variation

Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 7-14

  Mang, Joseph T ^a   Hjelm, Rex P ^a   Francois, Elizabeth G ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

PBX 9501; Porosity; USANS

Indexed keywords

APPLIED PRESSURE; BULK SAMPLES; CONTRAST VARIATION; HIGH EXPLOSIVES; LENGTH SCALE; MEAN SIZE; NEUTRON SCATTERING LENGTH DENSITY; PBX 9501; PRESSING CONDITIONS; SAMPLE COMPOSITION; STRUCTURAL MODELING; ULTRA-SMALL-ANGLE NEUTRON SCATTERING;

BINDERS; DEUTERIUM; MICROSTRUCTURE; NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; NEUTRONS; POROSITY;

NEUTRON SCATTERING;

EID: 76649112392     PISSN: 07213115     EISSN: 15214087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prep.200900026     Document Type: Article

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