Chemistry of High-Energy Materials / Thomas M. Klapötke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Klapötke, Thomas M., Author.

Series:

De Gruyter Textbook

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Explosives--Textbooks.

Explosives.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (429 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

5th, revised and expanded Edition

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2019]

Language Note:

In English and German.

Summary:

The 5th revised edition expands on the basic chemistry of high-energy materials of the previous editions and examines new research developments, including plastic bonded explosives and melt-castable dinitrate esters. Applications in military and civil fields are discussed. This work is of interest to advanced students in chemistry, materials science and engineering, as well as to all those working in defense technology.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface to this 5th English edition

Preface to the 4th English edition

Preface to the 3rd English edition

Preface to the 2nd English edition

Preface to the first English edition

Preface to the first German edition

Contents

1. Introduction

2. Classification of Energetic Materials

3. Detonation, Detonation Velocity and Detonation Pressure

4. Thermodynamics

5. Initiation

6. Experimental Characterization of Explosives

7. Special Aspects of Explosives

8. Correlation between the Electrostatic Potential and the Impact Sensitivity

9. Design of Novel Energetic Materials

10. Synthesis of Energetic Materials

11. Safe Handling of Energetic Materials in the Laboratory

12. Energetic Materials of the Future

13. Related Topics

14. Study Questions

15. Literature

16. Appendix

Author

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9783110624571

3110624575

OCLC:

1125187275