Characterization of polymorphic states in energetic samples of 1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX) fabricated using drop-on-demand inkjet technology

Applied Spectroscopy

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 628-635

  Emmons, Erik D ^a   Farrell, Mikella E ^d   Holthoff, Ellen L ^d   Tripathi, Ashish ^a   Green, Norman ^b   Moon, Raphael P ^c   Guicheteau, Jason A ^c   Christesen, Steven D ^c   Pellegrino, Paul M ^d   Fountain III, Augustus W ^c  

^a SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^b SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION   (United States)

^c EDGEWOOD CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drop on demand; Inkjet printing; Polymorphic phases; Raman; RDX

Indexed keywords

APPROPRIATE MATERIALS; CONCERTED EFFORT; DETECTION SYSTEM; DROP-ON-DEMAND; FABRICATION TECHNIQUE; FIRST RESPONDERS; INK JET SYSTEMS; INK JET TECHNOLOGY; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; NOVEL APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL DETECTION SYSTEM; OPTICAL DETECTION TECHNOLOGY; PHASE CHANGE; POLYMORPHIC PHASIS; POLYMORPHIC STATE; RAMAN; RDX; SPECTRAL DATA; SPECTRAL FEATURE; TRACE DETECTION; TRACE LEVEL;

CHARACTERIZATION; DROPS; EXPLOSIVES DETECTION; FABRICATION; MATERIALS; TECHNOLOGY; TRACE ANALYSIS;

SOLID PROPELLANTS;

CYCLONITE; EXPLOSIVE; TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; METHODOLOGY; PRINTING; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; STANDARD;

CRYSTALLIZATION; EXPLOSIVE AGENTS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PRINTING; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; TRIAZINES;

EID: 84863690586     PISSN: 00037028     EISSN: 19433530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1366/12-06608     Document Type: Article

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