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Introduction to Explosives | |
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Development of Blackpowder | |
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Development of Nitroglycerine | |
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Development of Mercury Fulminate | |
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Development of Nitrocellulose | |
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Development of Dynamite | |
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Development of Ammonium Nitrate | |
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Development of Commercial Explosives | |
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Development of Permitted Explosives | |
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Development of ANFO, Slurry, Emulsion and Blasting Explosives | |
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Development of Military Explosives | |
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Development of Picric Acid | |
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Development of Tetryl | |
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Development of TNT | |
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Development of Nitroguanidine | |
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Development of PETN | |
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Development of RDX and HMX | |
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Polymer Bonded Explosives | |
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Recent Developments | |
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Insensitive Munitions and Insensitive High Explosives | |
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Explosives and the Environment | |
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Classification of Explosive Materials | |
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Explosions | |
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Atomic Explosions | |
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Physical Explosions | |
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Chemical Explosions | |
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Chemical Explosives | |
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Classification of Chemical Explosives | |
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Primary Explosives | |
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Secondary Explosives | |
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Propellants | |
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Chemical Data on Explosive Materials | |
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Primary Explosives | |
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Mercury Fulminate | |
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Lead Azide | |
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Lead Styphnate | |
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Silver Azide | |
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Tetrazene | |
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Secondary Explosives | |
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Nitroglycerine | |
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Nitrocellulose | |
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Picric Acid | |
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Tetryl | |
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TNT | |
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Nitroguanidine | |
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PETN | |
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RDX | |
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HMX | |
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TATB | |
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HNS | |
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NTO | |
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TNAZ | |
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CL-20 | |
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Fox-12 (GUDN) | |
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DNAN | |
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FOX-7 (DADNE) | |
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LLM-105 | |
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Other Compounds used in Explosive Compositions | |
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Combustion, Deflagration and Detonation | |
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Combustion | |
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Physical and Chemical Aspects of Combustion | |
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Combustion of Explosives and Propellants | |
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Deflagration | |
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Detonation | |
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Burning to Detonation | |
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Shock to Detonation | |
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Propagation of the Detonation Shockwave | |
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Effect of Density on the Velocity of Detonation | |
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Effect of Diameter of the Explosive Composition On the Velocity of Detonation | |
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Effect of Explosive Material on the Velocity of Detonation | |
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Classification of Explosives | |
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Ignition, Initiation and Thermal Decomposition | |
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Ignition | |
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Hotspots | |
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Mechanisms for the Formation of Hotspots | |
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Ignition by Impact and Friction | |
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Friction | |
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Impact | |
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Classification of Explosives | |
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Initiation Techniques | |
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Explosive Train | |
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Detonators | |
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Igniters | |
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Thermal Decomposition | |
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Thermochemistry of Explosives | |
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Oxygen Balance | |
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Decomposition Reactions | |
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Kistiakowsky�Wilson Rules | |
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Modified Kistiakowsky-Wilson Rules | |
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Springall Roberts Rules | |
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Heats of Formation | |
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Heat of Explosion | |
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Effect of Oxygen Balance | |
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Volume of Gaseous Products of Explosion | |
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Explosive Power, Power Index and TNT Equivalence | |
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Temperature of Chemical Explosion | |
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Mixed Explosive Compositions | |
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Atomic Composition of the Explosive Mixture | |
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Oxygen Balance | |
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Decomposition Reaction | |
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Heat of Explosion | |
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Volume of Gaseous Products | |
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Energized Explosives | |
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Addition of Aluminium | |
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Force and Pressure of Explosion | |
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Equilibria and Kinetics of Explosive Reactions | |
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Equilibria | |
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Products of Decomposition | |
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The Water-Gas Equilibrium | |
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Heat of Explosion | |
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Temperature of Explosion | |
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Kinetics of Explosive Reactions | |
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Activation Energy | |
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Rate of Reaction | |
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Kinetics of Thermal Decomposition | |
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Measurement of Kinetic Parameters | |
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Differential Thermal Analysis | |
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Thermogravimetric Analysis | |
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Differential Scanning Calorimetry | |
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Manufacture of Explosives | |
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Nitration | |
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C-Nitration | |
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Picric Acid | |
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Tetryl | |
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TNT (2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene) | |
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TATB (1,3,5-Triamino-2,4,6-trinitrobenZone) | |
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HNS (Hexanitrostilbene) | |
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O-Nitration | |
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Nitroglycerine | |
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Nitrocellulose | |
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PETN (Pentaerythritol tetranitrate) | |
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N-Nitration | |
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RDX (Cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine) | |
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HMX (Cyclotetramethylenetetranitramine) | |
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Nitroguanidine | |
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Ammonium Nitrate | |
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Primary Explosives | |
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Lead Azide | |
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Mercury Fulminate | |
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Tetrazene | |
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Commercial Explosive Compositions | |
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Ammonium Nitrate | |
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Ammonium Nitrate Slurries | |
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Ammonium Nitrate Emulsion Slurries | |
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Dynamite | |
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Military Explosive Compositions | |
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Casting | |
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Pressing | |
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Ram and Screw Extrusion | |
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Introduction to Propellants and Pyrotechnics | |
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Introduction to Propellants | |
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Gun Propellants | |
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Performance | |
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Composition | |
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Single-base Propellants | |
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Double-base Propellants | |
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Triple-base Propellants | |
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Propellant Additives | |
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High Energy Propellants | |
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Liquid Propellants | |
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Composite Propellants | |
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Rocket Propellants | |
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Performance | |
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Composition | |
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Double-base Propellants | |
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Composite Propellants | |
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Liquid Propellants | |
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Gas-generating Propellants | |
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Introduction to Pyrotechnics | |
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Heat-producing Pyrotechnics | |
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Primers and First Fires | |
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Heat-generating Devices | |
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Delay Compositions | |
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Smoke-generating Compositions | |
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Light-generating Compositions | |
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Coloured Light | |
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White Light | |
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Noise-generating Pyrotechnics | |
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Bang | |
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Whistle | |
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Bibliography | |
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Subject Index | |