Searching for low-sensitivity cast-melt high-energy-density materials: Synthesis, characterization, and decomposition kinetics of 3,4-Bis(4-nitro-1,2,5-oxadiazol-3-yl)-1,2,5-oxadiazole-2-oxide

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 3509-3521

  Tsyshevsky, Roman ^a   Pagoria, Philip ^b   Zhang, Maoxi ^b   Racoveanu, Ana ^b   Dehope, Alan ^b   Parrish, Damon ^c   Kuklja, Maija M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CHEMICAL STABILITY; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; RATE CONSTANTS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CHEMICAL DECOMPOSITION; DECOMPOSITION KINETICS; ENERGETIC FORMULATIONS; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; HIGH ENERGY DENSITY MATERIALS; INITIATION OF DETONATIONS; LOW MELTING TEMPERATURES;

DECOMPOSITION;

EID: 84923349921     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp5118008     Document Type: Article

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