The Chemistry of Explosives
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Author(s): J. Akhavan
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
ISBN: 0854046402
Format: softback
180pp
Price: £24.95
Review Date: 22 May 2004
Review: This book is a basic guide to the principles underlying the mechanisms of explosions that involve chemical explosives. Chapter 1 examines the history of explosives, including recent developments, and new sections on insensitive munitions and pollution prevention are also included. Chapter 2 provides a classification of explosive materials. Later chapters describe the thermodynamics and thermochemistry of explosions, the manufacture of explosives, and the final chapter provides an introduction to propellants and pyrotechnics. The book is aimed at A level students and new graduates who have not previously studied explosives.