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High explosives and propellants /

High Explosives and Propellants, Second Edition is a four-part book classified into High Explosives, Blasting Accessories, Application of High Explosives, and Deflagrating and Propellent Explosives. Part I, High Explosives, centers on the general principles, manufacture, design, and assessment of th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fordham, S. (Stanley)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Pergamon Press, 1980.
Edición:2d ed.
Colección:Pergamon international library of science, technology, engineering, and social studies.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Front Cover; High Explosives and Propellants; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface to the First Edition; Preface to the Second Edition; Please Read This; Chapter 1. Introduction; References; Part I: High Explosives; Chapter 2. General Principles; History; The Nature of Detonation; References; Chapter 3. Military High Explosives; TRINITROTOLUENE; PENTAERYTHRITOL TETRANITRATE (PETN, PENTHRITE); RDX (CYCLOTRIMETHYLENE-TRINITRAMINE, CTMTN, CYCLONITE, HEXOGEN); TETRYL (CE, 2, 4, 6-TRINITROPHENYLMETHYLNITRAMINE); References; Chapter 4. Manufacture of Commercial Explosives; Ammonium Nitrate.
  • NitroglycerineNitrocellulose; TNT; Powder Explosives; Gelatine Explosives; Slurry Explosives; Packaging; Factory Construction and Operation; References; Chapter 5. Design of Commercial Explosives; ANFO; Nitroglycerine Powder Explosives; Semi-Gelatine Explosives; Gelatine Explosives; TNT Explosives; Slurry Explosives; Other Explosives; Reference; Chapter 6. Assessment of Explosives; Power; Velocity of Detonation; Sensitiveness; Stability on Storage; Fume; Miscellaneous; References; Chapter 7. Permitted Explosives; Initiation of Firedamp and Coal Dust Explosions.
  • Gallery Testing of Permitted ExplosivesP1 Explosives; P2 Explosives; P3 Explosives; P4 Explosives; P5 Explosives; P4/5 Explosives; Other Coal Mining Explosives; Part II: Blasting Accessories; Introduction; Chapter 8. Initiating Explosives; Mercury Fulminate; Lead Azide; Lead Styphnate (Lead 2,4,6-Trinitroresorcinate); Diazodinitrophenol (DDNP, DINOL); Tetrazene; Reference; Chapter 9. Plain Detonators; Safety; Stability on Storage; Certainty of Ignition; Initiating Power; Construction of Plain Detonators; Manufacture; Testing of Detonators; Reference; Chapter 10. Electric Detonators; Fuseheads.
  • Assembly of Electric DetonatorsFiring Characteristics of Electric Detonators; Chapter 11. Delay Detonators; Introduction; Delay Compositions; Manufacture of Delay Elements; Assembly of Delay Detonators; Design of Delay Detonators; Chapter 12. Detonating Fuse; Introduction; Manufacture by the Dry Process; Manufacture of Detonating Fuse by the Wet Process; Properties of Detonating Fuse; Low Energy Detonating Cord (LEDC); Nonel; Chapter 13. Safety Fuse; Manufacture; Properties of Safety Fuse; Testing of Safety Fuse; Instantaneous Fuse; Igniter Cord; Part III: Application of High Explosives.
  • Chapter 14. Commercial ApplicationsIntroduction; Tunnelling; Coal Mining; Other Mines; Quarrying; Seismic Prospecting; Miscellaneous Uses; References; Chapter 15. Military Applications; Grenades; Shell; Bombs; Torpedoes; Shaped Charges; References; Part IV: Deflagrating and Propellent Explosives; Introduction; Chapter 16. Blackpowder; Manufacture; Properties of Blackpowder; Mechanism of Combustion of Blackpowder; Chapter 17. Manufacture of Pro pell ants; Introduction; Single Base Propellants; Double Base Powders-Paste Mixing; Solvent Type Double Base Propellents; Ball Powder.