Note on the use of the vacuum stability test in the study of initiation reactivity of attractive cyclic nitramines in Formex P1 matrix

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1503-1506

  Zeman, Svatopluk ^a   Elbeih, Ahmed ^b   Yan, Qi Long ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARDUBICE   (Czech Republic)

^b MILITARY TECHNICAL COLLEGE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Nitramines; Plastic explosives; Sensitivity; Vacuum stability test

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC NITRAMINES; DETONATION VELOCITY; ISOTHERMAL DECOMPOSITION; NITRAMINES; PENTAERYTHRITOL TETRANITRATE; PLASTIC BONDED EXPLOSIVES; PLASTIC EXPLOSIVES; SENSITIVITY; STYRENE BUTADIENE RUBBER; THERMAL REACTIVITY; VACUUM STABILITY TESTS;

ELECTRIC SPARKS; FILLERS; RATE CONSTANTS; VACUUM;

EXPLOSIVES;

EID: 84872489388     PISSN: 13886150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10973-012-2487-z     Document Type: Article

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