Overviews of recent research on energetic materials / editors, Robert W. Shaw, Thomas B. Brill, Donald L. Thompson.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Introduction; Preface: ENERGETIC MOLECULES ENERGETIC MATERIALS; CONTENTS; 1. Connecting Molecular Properties to Decomposition Combustion and Explosion Trends; 1. Introduction; 2. Diagnostic Approaches; 3. Timescale Temperature and Pressure; 4. Decomposition Behavior and the Parent Compound; 5. Combustion Behavior and the Parent Compound; 6. Explosive Behavior and the Parent Material; 7. Conclusions; References; 2. Thermal Decomposition Processes of Energetic Materials in the Condensed Phase at Low and Moderate Temperatures; 1. Introduction; 2. Reactive Processes: Experimental Methods.

3. Condensed-Phase Reactive Processes4. Reaction Kinetics; 5. Conclusions and Future Research; Acknowledgments; References; 3. Study of Energetic Material Combustion Chemistry by Probing Mass Spectrometry and Modeling of Flames; 1. Introduction; 2. Experimental Techniques; 3. Validating the Method of Probing Flames with Narrow Combustion Zones; 4. Flame Structure of AP and AP-Based Composite Propellants; 5. RDX and HMX Flame Structure; 6. Flame Structure of ADN and ADN-Based Propellants; 7. Conclusions; References; 4. Optical Spectroscopic Measurements of Energetic Material Flame Structure.

1. Propellant Combustion Environment2. Optical Spectroscopic Techniques Applied; 3. Neat Nitramines; 4. Homogeneous Nitramine Propellants; 5. Ammonium Perchlorate (AP); 6. Summary; References; 5. Transient Gas-Phase Intermediates in the Decomposition of Energetic Materials; 1. Introduction; 2. Expected Intermediates and their Role in Energetic Materials Combustion; 3. Detection of Intermediates; 4. Current Status Report; 5. Conclusion and Prospects for Future Work; Acknowledgments; References; 6. Role of Excited Electronic States in the Decomposition of Energetic Materials; 1. Introduction.

2. Experimental Procedures for Gas-Phase Unimolecular Dissociation Collision-Free Studies of Energetic Materials3. Collision-Free Studies of Energetic Materials; 4. Results and Discussion; 5. Conclusions and Future Work; Acknowledgments; References; 7. Gas-Phase Kinetics for Propellant Combustion Modeling: Requirements and Experiments; 1. Introduction; 2. Propellant Models and their Gas-Phase Chemistry Inputs; 3. Experimental Input Data; 4. Conclusions; Acknowledgment; References; 8. Gas-Phase Decomposition of Energetic Molecules; 1. Introduction; 2. Theoretical Methods; 3. The Chemistry.

4. Concluding RemarksReferences; 9. Modeling the Reactions of Energetic Materials in the Condensed Phase; 1. Introduction; 2. Chemical Equilibrium; 3. Atomistic Modeling of Condensed-Phase Reactions; 4. Conclusions; References; 10. Multi-Phonon Up-Pumping in Energetic Materials; 1. Introduction; 2. Theory of Up-Pumping; 3. Up-Pumping in Experiments and Simulations; 4. Up-Pumping in Low Velocity Impact Initiation; 5. Up-Pumping in Shock Initiation and Detonation; 6. Summary and Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References.

Few 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 rea.

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