Preparation of nano-RDX by evaporation assisted solvent-antisolvent interaction

Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 383-389

  Kumar, Raj ^a   Siril, Prem F ^a   Soni, Pramod ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MANDI   (India)

^b Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory   (India)

Author keywords

Evaporation assisted precipitation; Nano RDX; Optical absorption; Solvent antisolvent interaction; Spherical nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING; EVAPORATION; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; SOLVENTS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CONCENTRATION OF SOLUTIONS; CYCLOTRIMETHYLENETRINITRAMINE (RDX); FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANO-RDX; PARTICLE SIZE AND MORPHOLOGIES; SIMULTANEOUS THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; SOLVENT-ANTISOLVENT INTERACTION; SPHERICAL NANOPARTICLES;

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

EID: 84902540044     PISSN: 07213115     EISSN: 15214087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prep.201300104     Document Type: Article

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