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Thermal Decomposition of Irradiated Strontium Azide

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MAGGS1 showed that the isothermal decomposition of strontium azide is characterized by a marked induction period during which no appreciable volume of gas is liberated. This is followed by a period of acceleration during which an exponential relationship: is obeyed.

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PROUT, E., MOORE, D. Thermal Decomposition of Irradiated Strontium Azide. Nature 205, 1209–1211 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/2051209b0

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