Degradation of aged nitrocellulose investigated by thermal analysis and chemiluminescence

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1267-1276

  Rychlý, Jozef ^a   Lattuati Derieux, Agnes ^a   Matisová Rychlá, Lyda ^b   Csomorová, Katarína ^a   Janigová, Ivica ^b   Lavédrine, Bertrand ^a  

^a POLYMER INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Ageing of; Chemiluminescence; Differential scanning calorimetry; Nitrocellulose; Rate constants; Thermogravimetry

Indexed keywords

CALORIMETERS; CHEMILUMINESCENCE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; NITROCELLULOSE; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

AGEING OF; CHAR RESIDUES; FIRST-ORDER RATE CONSTANTS; INDUCTION PERIODS; LOWER TEMPERATURES; NON-ISOTHERMAL THERMOGRAVIMETRY; OPTIMAL ROUTES;

RATE CONSTANTS;

EID: 84870822064     PISSN: 13886150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10973-011-1746-8     Document Type: Article

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