Chemistry of High-Energy Materials

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Chemistry of High-Energy Materials continues in this new and revised 6th edition to provide fundamental scientifi c insights into primary and secondary explosives, propellants, rocket fuels and pyrotechnics. It expands with new research developments, including new melt casts, reactive structure materials, a computational study on the detonation velocity of mixtures of solid explosives with non-explosive liquids, calculation of craters after explosions. This work is of interest to advanced students in chemistry, materials science and engineering, as well as to all those working in military and defense technology. Preface to this 6th English edition Preface to the 5th English edition Preface to the 4th English edition Preface to the 3rd English edition Preface to the 2nd English edition Preface to the first 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 Author Index