Stability of non-isothermally treated double-base propellants containing different stabilizers in comparison with molecular orbital calculations

Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 468-476

  Zayed, Mohamed A ^a   Hassan, Mohamed A ^b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b National Institute for Standards   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Double Base Propellants; Malonanilides Stabilizers; Molecular Orbital Calculations; Non Isothermal (TGA and DTA)

Indexed keywords

BENZENE RING; DOUBLE-BASE PROPELLANT; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; MALONANILIDES STABILIZERS; MOLECULAR ORBITAL CALCULATIONS; NET CHARGES; NON-ISOTHERMAL CONDITION; NONISOTHERMAL; STABILIZATION EFFECTS; STABILIZING EFFECTS; TGA AND DSC; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL DECOMPOSITIONS; THERMAL STABILITY; THERMODYNAMIC PARAMETER;

BENZENE; ENERGY GAP; MOLECULAR MODELING; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; PYROLYSIS; SOLIDS; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

PROPELLANTS;

EID: 78249286563     PISSN: 07213115     EISSN: 15214087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prep.200900047     Document Type: Article

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