High pressure-high temperature polymorphism and decomposition of pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN)

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 117, Issue 25, 2013, Pages 5306-5313

  Dreger, Zbigniew A ^a   Gupta, Yogendra M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMOND-ANVIL CELL; HIGH PRESSURE AND HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIGH PRESSURE HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MOLECULAR SYMMETRY; PENTAERYTHRITOL TETRANITRATE; STATIC COMPRESSION; THERMO-MECHANICAL;

PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PHYSICS;

HIGH PRESSURE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84879639671     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: 15205215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp404283a     Document Type: Article

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