A concise handbook covering the entire field of explosives. It contains about 500 entries arranged in alphabetical order which include formulas and descriptions of about 120 explosive chemicals, and about 60 additives, fuels and oxidizing agents. The properties, manufacturing methods and applications of each substance are briefly described. Instructions for the thermodynamic calculations of the performance parameters of high explosives, gun propellants and rocket propellants are given in somewhat greater detail.
457 pages ; 22 cm #140822