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New directions in the area of modern energetic polymers: An overview

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Combustion, Explosion, and Shock Waves Aims and scope

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Energetic polymers containing nitro, nitrato, and azido groups release high energy during combustion and thereby increase the performance of the systems. A number of energetic polymers have been found suitable for use as binders in high-performance propellant and explosive formulations. This review describes the synthetic and application aspects of various modern energetic polymers for explosive formulations and propellants.

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    D. M. Badgujar & P. P. Mahulikar

  2. High Energy Materials Research Laboratory, Pune, 411021, India

    M. B. Talawar

  3. Voevodsky Institute of Chemical Kinetics and Combustion, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia

    V. E. Zarko

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Original Russian Text © D.M. Badgujar, M.B. Talawar, V.E. Zarko, P.P. Mahulikar.

Published in Fizika Goreniya i Vzryva, Vol. 53, No. 4, pp. 3–22, July–August, 2017.

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Badgujar, D.M., Talawar, M.B., Zarko, V.E. et al. New directions in the area of modern energetic polymers: An overview. Combust Explos Shock Waves 53, 371–387 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0010508217040013

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