Chemistry of High-Energy Materials

Content: 1 Introduction
 1.1 Historical Overview
 1.2 New Developments
 1.2.1 Polymer-Bonded Explosives
 1.2.2 New High (Secondary) Explosives
 1.2.3 New Primary Explosives
 1.2.4 New Oxidizers for Solid Rocket Motors
 1.3 Definitions
 1.4 Combustion, Deflagration, Detonation --
A Short Introduction
 1.4.1 Fire and Combustion
 1.4.2 Deflagration and Detonation
 2 Classification of Energetic Materials
 2.1 Primary Explosives
 2.2 High (Secondary) Explosives
 2.3 Propellant Charges
 2.4 Rocket Propellants
 2.4.1 Chemical Thermal Propulsion (CTP)
 2.5 Pyrotechnics. 2.5.1 Detonators, Initiators, Delay Compositions and Heat-Generating Pyrotechnics2.5.2 Light-Generating Pyrotechnics
 2.5.3 Decoy Flares
 2.5.4 Smoke Munitions
 2.5.5 Near-Infrared (NIR) Compositions
 3 Detonation, Detonation Velocity and Detonation Pressure
 4 Thermodynamics
 4.1 Theoretical Basis
 4.2 Computational Methods
 4.2.1 Thermodynamics
 4.2.2 Detonation Parameters
 4.2.3 Combustion Parameters
 4.2.4 Example: Theoretical Evaluation of New Solid Rocket Propellants
 4.2.5 Example: EXPLO5 Calculation of the Gun Propellant Properties of Single, Double and Triple Base Propellants. 5 Initiation6 Experimental Characterization of Explosives
 6.1 Sensitivities
 6.2 Long-Term Stabilities
 6.3 Insensitive Munitions
 6.4 Gap Test
 6.5 Classification
 7 Special Aspects of Explosives
 7.1 Shaped Charges
 7.2 Detonation Velocities
 7.3 Gurney Model
 7.3.1 Example: Calculation of the Gurney Velocity for a General Purpose Bomb
 8 Correlation between the Electrostatic Potential and the Impact Sensitivity
 8.1 Electrostatic Potentials
 8.2 Volume-Based Sensitivities
 9 Design of Novel Energetic Materials
 9.1 Classification
 9.2 Polynitrogen Compounds
 9.3 High-Nitrogen Compounds. 9.3.1 Tetrazole and Dinitramide Chemistry9.3.2 Tetrazole, Tetrazine and Trinitroethyl Chemistry
 9.3.3 Ionic Liquids
 9.4 Dinitroguanidine Derivatives
 9.5 Co-Crystallization
 9.6 Future Energetics
 10 Synthesis of Energetic Materials
 10.1 Molecular Building Blocks
 10.2 Nitration Reactions
 10.3 Processing
 11 Safe Handling of Energetic Materials in the Laboratory
 11.1 General
 11.2 Protective Equipment
 11.3 Laboratory Equipment
 12 Energetic Materials of the Future
 13 Related Topics
 13.1 Thermobaric Weapons
 13.2 Agent Defeat Weapons
 13.3 Nanothermites. 13.3.1 Example: Iron Oxide/Aluminum Thermite13.3.2 Example: Copper Oxide/Aluminum Thermite
 13.3.3 Example: Molybdenum Trioxide/Aluminum Thermite
 13.4 Homemade Explosives
 14 Study Questions
 15 Literature
 16 Appendix
 Index.