Review on melt cast explosives

Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 393-403

  Ravi, Pasupala ^a   Badgujar, Dilip M ^b   Gore, Girish M ^b   Tewari, Surya P ^a   Sikder, Arun K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

^b HIGH ENERGY MATERIALS RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Density; Detonation Pressure; Detonation Velocity; Heat of Formation; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

DETONATION PRESSURE; DETONATION VELOCITY; HEAT OF FORMATION; MELT-CAST; SENSITIVITY; VOLUME CHANGE;

NITROGEN OXIDES; THERMOCHEMISTRY;

DETONATION;

EID: 80054822667     PISSN: 07213115     EISSN: 15214087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prep.201100047     Document Type: Review

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