Toughening and elasticizing route of TNT based melt cast explosives

Hanneng Cailiao/Chinese Journal of Energetic Materials

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 618-629

  Ma, Qing ^a,b   Shu, Yuan Jie ^a   Luo, Guan ^a   Chen, Ling ^a   Zheng, Bao Hui ^a   Li, Hua Rong ^a,b  

^a RESEARCH CENTER OF LASER FUSION   (China)

^b NJUST   (China)

Author keywords

Applied chemistry; Energetic material; Melt cast explosives; Review; Toughening and elasticizing; Trinitrotoluene

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868635006     PISSN: 10069941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-9941.2012.05.022     Document Type: Article

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