Preparation and characterization of desensitized ε-HNIW in solvent-antisolvent recrystallizations

Central European Journal of Energetic Materials

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 219-236

  Jiang, Xiabing ^a   Guo, Xueyong ^a   Ren, Hui ^a   Jiao, Qingjie ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

HNIW; Crystal morphology; Reduced sensitivity; Supersaturation; Thermal decomposition

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE PARTICLE SIZE; CRYSTAL MORPHOLOGIES; ETHYL ACETATES; FTIR; GAP TESTS; HEXANITROHEXAAZAISOWURTZITANE; HIGH PURITY; PETROLEUM ETHER; RECRYSTALLIZATIONS; REDUCED SENSITIVITY; SENSITIVITY TESTS; SHOCK INITIATION; SMALL SCALE; SOLUBILITY CURVE; STRUCTURAL FEATURE; TEMPERATURE RANGE; VOLUME RATIO; XRD SPECTRA;

DECOMPOSITION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ETHERS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PYROLYSIS; RECRYSTALLIZATION (METALLURGY); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUBILITY; SUPERSATURATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

SOLVENTS;

EID: 84868156048     PISSN: 17337178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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