Isocyanate-free and dual curing of smokeless composite rocket propellants

Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 75-86

  Landsem, Eva ^a,b   Jensen, Tomas L ^a   Kristensen, Tor E ^a   Hansen, Finn K ^a,b   Benneche, Tore ^b   Unneberg, Erik ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

ADN; Azide alkyne curing; GAP; HMX; Isocyanate curing; NPBA; Propellant

Indexed keywords

ADN; ALIPHATIC ISOCYANATES; AMMONIUM DINITRAMIDE; AROMATIC ALKYNES; AZIDE-ALKYNE CYCLOADDITION; BALLISTIC CHARACTERISTICS; BIS-PHENOL A; BONDING AGENT; CROSS LINKAGES; CRYSTALLINE SOLIDS; CURING AGENTS; CURING SYSTEM; DUAL CURE SYSTEMS; DUAL CURING; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS (DMA); ENERGETIC BINDER; FILLER MATERIALS; FRICTION SENSITIVITIES; GAP; GLYCIDYL AZIDE POLYMER; HYDROXYL-TERMINATED; ISOCYANATE-FREE; NITRAMINES; NPBA; OCTOGEN; POLYFUNCTIONAL; PREPOLYMERS; PROPARGYL; PROPARGYL ETHERS; ROCKET PROPELLANTS; THERMAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

ACETYLENE; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BINDERS; CURING; ETHERS; EXPLOSIVES; FILLERS; HMX; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMERS; PROPELLANTS; ROCKETS; TENSILE TESTING;

COMPOSITE PROPELLANTS;

EID: 84874081006     PISSN: 07213115     EISSN: 15214087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prep.201200108     Document Type: Article

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