Study of Thermal Reactivity and Kinetics of HMX and Its PBX by Different Methods

Huozhayao Xuebao/Chinese Journal of Explosives and Propellants

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 24-32

  Abd Elghany, Mohamed ^a   Klapötke, Thomas M ^a   Elbeih, Ahmed ^b   Hassanein, Saeed ^b   Elshenawy, Tamer ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MILITARY TECHNICAL COLLEGE   (Egypt)

^c Technical Research Center   (Egypt)

Author keywords

HMX; HMX HTPB; Kinetic parameters; PBX; Thermal reactivity; Vacuum Stability Test (VST)

Indexed keywords

BINDERS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; HMX; KINETIC PARAMETERS; POLYBUTADIENES; PRIVATE TELEPHONE EXCHANGES; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

DECOMPOSITION KINETICS; HYDROXYL TERMINATED POLYBUTADIENES; ISO-CONVERSIONAL METHOD; NON-ISOTHERMAL THERMOGRAVIMETRY; POLYMERIC MATRICES; TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS; THERMAL REACTIVITY; VACUUM STABILITY TESTS;

ACTIVATION ENERGY;

EID: 85020756952     PISSN: 10077812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14077/j.issn.1007-7812.2017.02.004     Document Type: Article

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