Effects of additives on ε-HNIW crystal morphology and impact sensitivity

Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 77-82

  Chen, Huaxiong ^a,b   Li, Lijie ^a   Jin, Shaohua ^a   Chen, Shusen ^a   Jiao, Qingze ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b National Center for Science and Technology Evaluation   (China)

Author keywords

Additives; Crystal growth; Hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane; HNIW; Insensitive explosives

Indexed keywords

AMINOACETIC ACID; CRYSTAL FACE; CRYSTAL MORPHOLOGIES; DIFFERENT EFFECTS; HEXANITROHEXAAZAISOWURTZITANE; HNIW; IMPACT SENSITIVITIES; REGULAR STRUCTURE; SPHERICAL SHAPE; TRIACETIN;

ADDITIVES; CRYSTAL GROWTH; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; MORPHOLOGY;

EXPLOSIVES;

EID: 84863145288     PISSN: 07213115     EISSN: 15214087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prep.201000014     Document Type: Article

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