Crystal state of 1,3,5-triamino-2,4,6-trinitrobenzene (TATB) undergoing thermal cycling process

Journal of Energetic Materials

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 189-201

  Sun, Jie ^a   Kang, Bin ^a   Xue, Chao ^a,b   Liu, Yu ^a   Xia, Yunxia ^a   Liu, Xiaofeng ^a   Zhang, Wei ^c  

^a RESEARCH CENTER OF LASER FUSION   (China)

^b SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Crystal fragmentation; TATB; Thermal expansion

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953596717     PISSN: 07370652     EISSN: 15458822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07370650903401254     Document Type: Article

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