Particle size management studies on spherical 3-nitro-1,2,4-triazol-5-one

Particle and Particle Systems Characterization

Volumn 28, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 57-63

  Vijayalakshmi, Ramavat ^a   Radhakrishnan, Sarangapani ^a   Rajendra, Patil S ^a   Girish, Gore M ^a   Arun, Sikder K ^a  

^a HIGH ENERGY MATERIALS RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Crystallization; Explosives; Morphology; NTO; Particle size distribution

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; EXPLOSIVES; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPHERES;

3 NITRO 1 ,2 ,4 TRIAZOL 5 ONES; 3 NITRO 1 ,2 ,4 TRIAZOL 5 ONES (NTO); COOLING CRYSTALLIZATION; OPERATION VARIABLES; OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE; PARTICLE SHAPE AND SIZE; SELECTIVE PARTICLE SIZE; THEORETICAL MAXIMUM DENSITIES;

PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 84860235865     PISSN: 09340866     EISSN: 15214117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppsc.201100047     Document Type: Article

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