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1 online resource : illustrations (some color) |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
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Includes index. |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 6, 2015). |
| Summary |
Demystifying Explosives: Concepts in High Energy Materials explains the basic concepts of and the science behind the entire spectrum of high energy materials (HEMs) and gives a broad perspective about all types of HEMs and their interrelationships. Demystifying Explosives covers topics ranging from explosives, deflagration, detonation, and pyrotechnics to safety and security aspects of HEMS, looking at their aspects, particularly their inter-relatedness with respect to properties and performance. The book explains concepts related to the molecular structure of HEMs, their properties, performance parameters, detonation and shock waves including explosives and propellants. The theory-based title also deals with important (safety and security) and interesting (constructive applications) aspects connected with HEMs and is of fundamental use to students in their introduction to these materials and applications. |
| Contents |
Front Cover; Demystifying Explosives: Concepts in High Energy Materials; A JOURNEY TOWARDS HIGHER EXPLOSIVE POWER; Copyright; Dedications; Contents; About the Author and Editor; Foreword 1; Foreword 2; Foreword 3; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 -- In Pursuit of Energy and Energetic Materials; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Gunpowder to Nitrocubanes; 1.3 Classification of Explosives; 1.4 Explosives and Molecular Structure; 1.5 Classification of Propellants; 1.6 Pyrotechnics; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; Suggested Reading; Questions. |
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Chapter 2 -- Energetics of Energetic Materials2.1 Are Explosives and Propellants High-Energy Materials?; 2.2 Explosive: The Wonderful Lamp; 2.3 Thermochemistry and Explosive Energy; Worked Example 2.1; Worked Example 2.2; Worked Example 2.3; Worked Example 2.4; Summary of Important Terms; Suggested Reading; Questions; Chapter 3 -- Two Faces of Explosion: Deflagration and Detonation; 3.1 Explosion; 3.2 Deflagration and Detonation; 3.3 Linear Burning and Mass Burning; 3.4 Shock Wave and Detonation Wave; 3.5 Detonation Theory; 3.6 Theoretical Estimation: VOD and Pd. |
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3.7 Deflagration-to-Detonation TransitionSuggested Reading; Questions; Chapter 4 -- HEMs: The Facet of Explosive Performance; 4.1 Why Do Explosives Explode?; 4.2 Two Aspects of Explosive Performance; 4.3 A Travel by Explosive Train; 4.4 Performance Parameters of Military Explosives; 4.5 Industrial Explosives; 4.6 Processing of the Compositions; Suggested Reading; Questions; Chapter 5 -- The Propulsive Facet of HEMs: I (Gun Propellants); 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Gun: the Heat Engine; Worked Example 5.1; 5.3 Unfolding Drama inside the Barrel; 5.4 Energetics of Gun Propellant; Worked Example 5.2. |
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5.5 Configuration of Propellant Grains5.6 Salient Aspects of Internal Ballistics of Guns; Worked Example 5.3; 5.7 The Chemistry of Gun Propellant Formulations; Worked Example 5.4; Suggested Reading; Questions; Chapter 6 -- The Propulsive Facet of High Energy Materials-II (Rocket Propellants); 6.1. Introduction to Rocketry; 6.2 Basic Principles of Rocket Propulsion; 6.3 Specific Impulse; Worked Example 6.1; 6.4 Thermochemistry of Rocket Propulsion; 6.5 Some Vital Parameters in the Internal Ballistics of Rockets; 6.6. Design of a Rocket Propellant Grain; Worked Example 6.2. |
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6.7. Chemistry of Solid Rocket Propellants6.8 Future of Rocket Propellants; Suggested Reading; Questions; Chapter 7 -- High Energy Materials in Pyrotechnics; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Applications; 7.3 Basic Principles of Pyrotechnics; 7.4 Conclusion; Suggested Reading; Questions; Chapter 8 -- HEMs: Concerns of Safety; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Nature of Hazards; 8.3 Hazard Classification of HEMs; 8.4 The Damages; 8.5 General Safety Directives; Suggested Reading; Questions; Chapter 9 -- HEMs: Concerns of Security; 9.1 HEMs: Concerns of Security; 9.2 Detection of Explosives; Suggested Reading; Questions. |
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Chapter 10 -- HEMs: Characterization and Evaluation. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Explosives.
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Explosifs.
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explosive.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Chemical & Biochemical.
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Explosives
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Venugopalan, S. Demystifying explosives. Oxford : Elsevier, [2015] (DLC) 2014918239 |
| ISBN |
9780128017562 (electronic bk.) |
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0128017562 (electronic bk.) |
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0128015764 |
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9780128015766 |
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9780128015766 |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000056060956 |
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CHBIS 010360596 |
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CHBIS 010547626 |
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CHNEW 001012686 |
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CHVBK 333179943 |
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CHVBK 341785709 |
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DEBBG BV043216248 |
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DEBSZ 427901995 |
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DEBSZ 431903662 |
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DEBSZ 482373458 |
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NZ1 15919138 |
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UKMGB 017514137 |
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