Influence of Aluminum Particle Size on Thermal Decomposition of RDX

Journal of Energetic Materials

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 178-191

  Zhu, Y L ^a   Huang, H ^b   Ren, H ^a   Jiao, Q J ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b China North Industries Group Corporation   (China)

Author keywords

aluminum; nonisothermal reaction kinetics; RDX; thermal decomposition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871042777     PISSN: 07370652     EISSN: 15458822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07370652.2012.688788     Document Type: Article

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