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The Chemistry of Explosives
By
Jacqueline Akhavan
Jacqueline Akhavan
Cranfield University, UK
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Paperback ISBN:
978-1-83916-446-0
EPUB ISBN:
978-1-83916-618-1
PDF ISBN:
978-1-83916-880-2
Product Type:
Textbooks
No. of Pages:
194
Publication date:
07 Mar 2022
Book Chapter
4: Ignition, Initiation and Thermal Decomposition
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Published:07 Mar 2022
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Product Type: Textbooks
Page range:
77 - 88
Citation
The Chemistry of Explosives, The Royal Society of Chemistry, 4th edn, 2022, pp. 77-88.
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This chapter introduces the process of ignition to initiation via hot spots and the tests used to measure initiation by impact, friction and thermal decomposition. Ignition by igniters and detonators is described together with the concept of explosive trains. A brief summary of small scale hazards tests is introduced.
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