An ignition law for PBX 9501 from thermal explosion to detonation

Proceedings of the 13th International Detonation Symposium, IDS 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 778-785

  Henson, B F ^a   Smilowitz, L ^a   Asay, B W ^a   Sandstrom, M M ^a   Romero, J J ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRHENIUS EXPRESSIONS; COMPLEX CHEMICALS; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; SIMPLE EXPRESSION; THERMAL EXPLOSION; TIME TO IGNITION; VOLUME ELEMENTS;

DECOMPOSITION; DETONATION;

IGNITION;

EID: 84883401609     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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