Correlation of structure and sensitivity in inorganic azides i effect of non-bonded nitrogen nitrogen distances

Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 326-332

  Cartwright, Michael ^a   Wilkinson, Joshua ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inorganic azides; Structure sensitivity correlation

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC MOVEMENTS; AZIDE ION; CURRENT ABILITY; EMPIRICAL PARAMETERS; ENTHALPY OF FORMATION; EXPLOSIVE COMPOUNDS; GOOD CORRELATIONS; HIGHLY SENSITIVE; IMPACT SENSITIVITIES; INORGANIC MATERIALS; INTER-ATOMIC DISTANCES; MODELLING PROCESS; MOLECULAR MODELLING; NITROGEN ATOM; OXYGEN BALANCE; STRUCTURE SENSITIVITY; UNIT CELLS;

ATOMS; CORRELATION METHODS; LITHIUM; MATERIALS HANDLING; NITRATION; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

EID: 77955208689     PISSN: 07213115     EISSN: 15214087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prep.200900034     Document Type: Article

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