Application of vacuum stability test to determine thermal decomposition kinetics of nitramines bonded by polyurethane matrix

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 132, Issue , 2017, Pages 124-130

  Elbeih, Ahmed ^a   Abd Elghany, Mohamed ^a   Elshenawy, Tamer ^b  

^a MILITARY TECHNICAL COLLEGE   (Egypt)

^b Research Centre   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cyclic nitramines; Polyurethane; Thermal decomposition kinetics; Vacuum stability

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; DECOMPOSITION; ISOTHERMS; POLYBUTADIENES; POLYURETHANES; REACTION KINETICS; STABILITY; THERMOLYSIS; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

CYCLIC NITRAMINES; DECOMPOSITION KINETICS; HYDROXYL TERMINATED POLYBUTADIENES; IGNITION TEMPERATURES; ISO-CONVERSIONAL METHOD; THERMAL DECOMPOSITION KINETICS; VACUUM STABILITY; VACUUM STABILITY TESTS;

KINETICS;

EID: 85008669399     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2016.12.024     Document Type: Article

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