Hydronium copper(II)-tris(5-nitrotetrazolate) trihydrate - A primary explosive

Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 457-459

  Krawiec, Mariusz ^a   Anderson, Stephen R ^a   Dubé, Pascal ^a   Ford, David D ^a   Salan, Jerry S ^a   Lenahan, Shannon ^a   Mehta, Neha ^b   Hamilton, Clifton R ^a  

^a Nalas Engineering Services Inc ^*  (United States)

^b US Army ARDEC   (United States)

Author keywords

DBX 1; Energetic metal organic framework; NaNT; Primary explosive

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVES; IONS; METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS; MOLECULES; ORGANOMETALLICS; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

COPPER IONS; DBX-1; HYDRONIUM IONS; HYDRONIUMS; INFINITE CHAINS; NANT; NEUTRAL WATER; PRIMARY EXPLOSIVE;

COPPER COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84938996332     PISSN: 07213115     EISSN: 15214087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prep.201500013     Document Type: Article

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