Effects of Low-Level Gamma Radiation on Common Nitroaromatic, Nitramine, and Nitrate Ester Explosives

Huestis, Patricia L.; Stull, Jamie A.; Lichthardt, Joseph P.; Wasiolek, Maryla A.; Montano-Martinez, Lori; Manner, Virginia W.

doi:10.1021/acsomega.1c05703

Title: Effects of Low-Level Gamma Radiation on Common Nitroaromatic, Nitramine, and Nitrate Ester Explosives

Journal Article · 10 January 2022 · ACS Omega

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.1c05703 · OSTI ID:1839316

^[1]; Stull, Jamie A. ^[1]; Lichthardt, Joseph P. ^[1]; Wasiolek, Maryla A. ^[2]; Montano-Martinez, Lori ^[3];

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High Explosives Science and Technology, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
Gamma Irradiation Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87123, United States
Energetic Materials, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87123, United States

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