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Published on: January 4, 2018

Shichun Weng1, Jing Ye Li2, Jinyao Hu1

  • 1School of Safety Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210094, China.

Journal of Hazardous Materials
|November 2, 2026
PubMed

Keywords:
Dinitrogen tetroxideGas evolutionIsopropanolThermal runawayUnstable intermediates

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