Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface to this 4th English edition
  • Preface to the 3rd English edition
  • Preface to the 2nd English edition
  • Preface to the first English edition
  • Preface to the first German edition
  • Contents
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Classification of Energetic Materials
  • 3. Detonation, Detonation Velocity and Detonation Pressure
  • 4. Thermodynamics
  • 5. Initiation
  • 6. Experimental Characterization of Explosives
  • 7. Special Aspects of Explosives
  • 8. Correlation between the Electrostatic Potential and the Impact Sensitivity
  • 9. Design of Novel Energetic Materials
  • 10. Synthesis of Energetic Materials
  • 11. Safe Handling of Energetic Materials in the Laboratory
  • 12. Energetic Materials of the Future
  • 13. Related Topics
  • 14. Study Questions
  • 15. Literature
  • 16. Appendix
  • Author
  • Index