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A Simple Way to Predict Heats of Detonation of Energetic Compounds only from Their Molecular Structures

  1. Mohammad H. Keshavarz*

Article first published online: 1 FEB 2012

DOI: 10.1002/prep.201000101

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Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics

Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics

Volume 37, Issue 1, pages 93–99, February 2012

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Keshavarz, M. H. (2012), A Simple Way to Predict Heats of Detonation of Energetic Compounds only from Their Molecular Structures. Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics, 37: 93–99. doi: 10.1002/prep.201000101

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Malek-ashtar University of Technology, Shahin-shahr, P. O. Box 83145/115, Iran

*Department of Chemistry, Malek-ashtar University of Technology, Shahin-shahr, P. O. Box 83145/115, Iran

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 15 FEB 2012
  2. Article first published online: 1 FEB 2012
  3. Manuscript Revised: 28 MAY 2011
  4. Manuscript Received: 17 AUG 2010

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