Vapor pressure of explosives: A critical review

Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 12-23

  Östmark, Henric ^a,b   Wallin, Sara ^b   Ang, How Ghee ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Detection; Explosives; Vapor pressure

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL REVIEW; HEAT OF SUBLIMATION; HEAT OF VAPORIZATION; MILITARY EXPLOSIVES; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TAGGANTS; VAPOR PRESSURE DATA;

ERROR DETECTION; EXPLOSIVES DETECTION; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; VAPOR PRESSURE;

EXPLOSIVES;

EID: 84857252800     PISSN: 07213115     EISSN: 15214087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prep.201100083     Document Type: Review

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