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Author Field, Simon (Simon Quellen)

Title Boom! : the chemistry and history of explosives / Simon Quellen Field.

Publication Info. Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [2017]

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Note Includes index.
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Contents Front Cover ; Title Page ; Half Title ; Copyright ; Dedication ; Contents ; Introduction ; 1. Black Powder.
2. Black Powder Guns 3. Fulminating Compounds ; 4. Guncotton and Smokeless Powders ; 5. Nitroglycerin ; 6. Picric Acid.
7. Trinitrotoluene 8. Tetryl ; 9. Pentaerythritol Tetranitrate (PENT) ; 10. Cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine (RDX) ; 11. Cyclotetramethylene Tetranitramine (HMX) ; 12. Hexanitrohexaazaisowurzitane (HNIW OR CL-20) ; 13. Triaminotrinitrobenzene (TATB) ; 14. Polymer-bonded Explosives (PBX) ; 15. Testing Explosives.
16. Insensitive Explosives 17. Shaped Charges ; 18. Types of Explosives ; 19. Thermobaric Explosives ; 20. Eco-friendly Explosives.
21. High-energy Rocket Fuels 22. A Brief History of Explosives in the Home ; Index ; Back Cover.
Summary 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.
Subject Explosives -- Popular works.
Explosives -- History -- Popular works.
Chemical weapons -- History -- Popular works.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Chemical & Biochemical.
Chemical weapons. (OCoLC)fst00853245
Explosives. (OCoLC)fst00918611
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Popular works. (OCoLC)fst01423846
Other Form: Print version: Field, Simon (Simon Quellen). Boom! Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [2017] 9781613738054 (DLC) 2016047898
ISBN 9781613738061 (electronic bk.)
1613738064 (electronic bk.)
9781613738085 (electronic bk.)
1613738080 (electronic bk.)
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