Deep-ultraviolet resonance raman excitation profiles of NH 4NO 3, PETN, TNT, HMX, and RDX

Applied Spectroscopy

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1013-1021

  Ghosh, Manash ^a   Wang, Luling ^a   Asher, Sanford A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Energetic materials; Explosives; Raman cross section; Raman excitation profile; Resonance Raman

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM NITRATE; DEEP-UV; EXCITATION PROFILE; EXCITATION WAVELENGTH; FLUENCES; PENTAERYTHRITOL TETRANITRATE; RAMAN BANDS; RAMAN CROSS SECTIONS; RAMAN EXCITATION PROFILE; RAMAN METHODS; RESONANCE RAMAN; RESONANCE RAMAN EXCITATION PROFILES; SPECTRAL ACCUMULATION; SPECTRAL RESPONSE; ULTRA-VIOLET; WATER SOLUTIONS; WAVELENGTH SPECTRA;

ACETONITRILE; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; DEGRADATION; MOLECULES; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; RESONANCE;

EXPLOSIVES;

EID: 84865323060     PISSN: 00037028     EISSN: 19433530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1366/12-06626     Document Type: Article

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