High-pressure structural studies of energetic materials

Crystallography Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 115-132

  Millar, David I A ^a   Marshall, William G ^b   Oswald, Iain D H ^c   Pulham, Colin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energetic materials; High pressure; Polymorphism; RDX

Indexed keywords

ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; ENERGETIC MATERIAL; EXTREME CONDITIONS; HIGH PRESSURE POLYMORPHISM; HIGH-PRESSURE STRUCTURES; S-TRIAZINES; SPECTROSCOPIC DATA; STRUCTURAL STUDIES; X-RAY AND NEUTRON DIFFRACTION;

MATERIALS; POLYMORPHISM; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 77951130538     PISSN: 0889311X     EISSN: 14763508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08893110903443422     Document Type: Conference Paper

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