Production and sensitivity evaluation of nanocrystalline RDX-based explosive compositions

Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 240-246

  Stepanov, Victor ^a   Anglade, Venant ^a   Balas Hummers, Wendy A ^a   Bezmelnitsyn, Andrey V ^b   Krasnoperov, Lev N ^b  

^a US Army   (United States)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Initiation; Nanocrystalline; RDX; RESS; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

INITIATION; NANOCRYSTALLINES; RDX; RESS; SENSITIVITY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; ELECTROSTATIC DEVICES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; INITIATORS (EXPLOSIVES); SHOCK TESTING; SUPERCRITICAL FLUID EXTRACTION;

EXPLOSIVES;

EID: 79959262462     PISSN: 07213115     EISSN: 15214087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prep.201000114     Document Type: Article

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