High-pressure studies of energetic materials

NATO Science for Peace and Security Series B: Physics and Biophysics

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 447-457

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammonium perchlorate; CL 20; Energetic materials; FOX 7; HMX; RDX

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954227518     PISSN: 18746500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9258-8_36     Document Type: Article

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