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Boom!: the chemistry and history of explosives
Boom!: the chemistry and history of explosives
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Field, Simon
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Publication Date
©2017.
Language
English
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Aurora Hills - Adult Nonfiction
662.2 FIELD
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9781613738054
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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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Chemical weapons -- History -- Popular works
Explosives -- History -- Popular works
Explosives -- Popular works
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