The β-δ-phase transition and thermal expansion of octahydro-1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetrazocine

Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 333-338

  Xue, Chao ^a   Sun, Jie ^a   Kang, Bin ^a   Liu, Yu ^a   Liu, Xiaofeng ^a   Gongbao Song, ^b   Qibin Xue, ^b  

^a RESEARCH CENTER OF LASER FUSION   (China)

^b SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

HMX; Phase transition; Rietveld refinement; Thermal expansion; X Ray Diffraction

Indexed keywords

CO-EXISTING; COEFFICIENTS OF THERMAL EXPANSIONS; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; LINEAR COEFFICIENTS; MECHANICAL FORCE; RECONSTRUCTIVE TRANSITIONS; TEMPERATURE RANGE; VOLUME COEFFICIENT; XRD; XRD PATTERNS;

HOLOGRAPHIC INTERFEROMETRY; PHASE BEHAVIOR; RIETVELD METHOD; RIETVELD REFINEMENT; THERMAL STRESS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION; X RAYS;

THERMAL EXPANSION;

EID: 77955194056     PISSN: 07213115     EISSN: 15214087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prep.200900036     Document Type: Article

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