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Laboratory Scale Slow Cook-Off Testing of Rocket Propellants: The Combustion Rate Analysis of a Slowly Heated Propellant (CRASH-P) Test
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Laboratory Scale Slow Cook-Off Testing of Rocket Propellants: The Combustion Rate Analysis of a Slowly Heated Propellant (CRASH-P) Test

Published on: February 6, 2021

Djordje Alempijević1, Dragan Jecmenica, Snezana Pavlekić

  • 1Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia. djolea@fon.bg.ac.yu

Journal of Forensic Sciences
|July 16, 2008
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