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Chemistry of high-energy materials /

This graduate-level textbook treats the basic chemistry of high energy materials - primary and secondary explosives, propellants, rocket fuel and pyrotechnics - and provides a review of new research developments. Applications in both military and civil fields are discussed. The book also offers new...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Klapötke, Thomas M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Alemán
Publicado: Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter, ©2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface to this English edition
  • Preface to the first German edition
  • Contents
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Classification of Energetic Materials
  • 3 Detonation, Detonation Velocity and Detonation Pressure
  • 4 Thermodynamics
  • 5 Initiation
  • 6 Experimental Characterization of Explosives
  • 7 Special Aspects of Explosives
  • 8 Correlation between the Electrostatic Potential and the Impact Sensitivity
  • 9 Design of Novel Energetic Materials
  • 10 Synthesis of Energetic Materials
  • 11 Safe Handling of Energetic Materials in the Laboratory
  • 12 Energetic Materials of the Future
  • 13 Related Topics
  • 14 Study Questions
  • 15 Literature
  • 16 Appendix
  • Index
  • Backmatter