Akhavan, Jacqueline

The chemistry of explosives / Jacqueline Akhavan - 3rd ed. - Cambridge, UK : Royal Society of Chemistry, c2011 - 193 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Previous ed.: 2004

Includes bibliographical references and index

1. Introduction to explosives -- 2. Classification of explosive materials -- 3. Combustion, deflagration and detonation -- 4. Ignition, initiation and thermal decomposition -- 5. Thermochemistry of explosives -- 6. Equilibria and kinetics of explosive reactions -- 7. Manufacture of explosives -- 8. Introduction to propellants and pyrotechnics

9781849733304 (pbk.) 1849733309 (pbk.)


Explosives