Description
Book SynopsisFew books cover experimental and theoretical methods to characterize decomposition, combustion and detonation of energetic materials. This volume, by internationally known and major contributors to the field, is unique because it summarizes the most important recent work, what we know with confidence, and what main areas remain to be investigated. Most chapters comprise summaries of work spanning decades and contain expert commentary available nowhere else. Although energetic materials are its focus, this book provides a guide to modern methods for investigations of condensed and gas-phase reactions. Although these energetic reactions are complex and difficult to study, the work discussed here provides readers with a substantial understanding of the behavior of materials now in use, and a predictive capability for the development of new materials based on target properties.
Table of ContentsEnergetic Molecules, Energetic Materials (R W Shaw); Connecting Molecular Properties to Decomposition, Combustion and Explosion Trends (T B Brill); Thermal Decomposition Processes of Energetic Materials in the Condensed Phase at Low and Moderate Temperatures (R Behrens); Study of Energetic Material Combustion Chemistry by Probing Mass Spectrometry and Modeling (O P Korobeinichev); Optical Spectroscopic Measurements of Energetic Material Flame Structure (T P Parr & D M Hanson-Parr); Role of Intermediates in the Decomposition of Energetic Materials (P J Dagdigian); Role of Excited Electronic States in the Decomposition of Energetic Materials (E R Bernstein); Gas-Phase Kinetics for Propellant Combustion Modeling: Requirements and Experiments (W R Anderson & A Fontijn); Gas-Phase Decomposition of Energetic Molecules (D L Thompson); Modeling Energetic Materials Reactions in the Condensed Phase (L E Fried et al.); Multiphonon Up-Pumping in Energetic Materials (D D Dlott); Applications of Theoretical Chemistry in Assessing Energetic Materials for Performance or Sensitivity (B M Rice); Combustion and Ignition of Nitramine Propellants: Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis (E S Kim & V Yang); Burning Rate Models and Their Successors (M Miller); Synthesis of New Energetic Materials (J Bottaro).
