Thermal expansion of LX-17, PBX 9502, and ultrafine TATB

Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 335-340

  Souers, P Clark ^a   Lewis, Pat ^a   Hoffman, Mark ^a   Cunningham, Bruce ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Density; LCTE; Strain; Thermal expansion

Indexed keywords

FINAL DENSITY; GROWTH DATA; LCTE; LINEAR STRAINS; LIQUID IMMERSION; LOW PRESSURES; PBX 9502; STRAIN CURVES; THEORETICAL MAXIMUM DENSITIES; ULTRAFINE;

EXPANSION;

THERMAL EXPANSION;

EID: 79961211526     PISSN: 07213115     EISSN: 15214087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prep.201000119     Document Type: Article

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