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Title:
Boom! : the chemistry and history of explosives / Simon Quellen Field.
Author:
Field, Simon (Simon Quellen)
Publication Information:
Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [2017]
Call Number:
TP270.5 .F54 2017
Abstract:
Field takes readers on a decades-long journey through the history of things that go boom. From the early days of black powder to today's modern plastic explosives, he details now just the who, when, and why, but also the how. He explains how explosives work on a molecular scale, and gives readers a basic understanding of the chemistry that makes them possible.
ISBN:
9781613738054
Physical Description:
200 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
General Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
Introduction -- Black powder -- Black powder guns -- Fulminating compounds -- Guncotton and smokeless powders -- Nitroglycerin -- Picric acid -- Trinitrotoluene -- Tetryl -- Pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN) -- Cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine (RDX) -- Cyclotetramethylene ttetranitramine (HMX) -- Hexanitrohexaazaisowurzitane (HNIW or CL-20) -- Triminotrinitrobenzene (TATB) -- Polymer-bonded explosives (PBX) -- Testing explosives -- Insensitive explosives -- Shapes charges -- Types of explosives -- Thermobaric explosives -- Eco-friendly explosives -- High-energy rocket fuels -- A brief history of explosives in the home.
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