Toward a physically based quantitative modeling of impact sensitivities

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 117, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2253-2259

  Mathieu, Didier ^a  

^a DIF   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE APPROACH; DISSOCIATION ENERGIES; DROP WEIGHT IMPACT; EXPLOSIVE DECOMPOSITION; IMPACT SENSITIVITIES; NEIGHBORING MOLECULES; QUANTITATIVE MODELING; SENSITIVITY INDICES;

MOLECULES;

DECOMPOSITION;

EID: 84875142781     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: 15205215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp311677s     Document Type: Article

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