THE CHEMISTRY AND TECHOLOGY OF HIGH EXPLOSIVES Vol. III

By Jared Ledgard

Part 1: NITRAMINES; CHAPTER IGENERAL INFORMATION; STRUCTURE AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF NITRAMINES; DIRECT NITRATION; Nitration by the "dehydration" of the amine nitrate; Nitration of primary amines by acylation; Nitration by nitrolysis; Other methods for the preparation of nitramines; NITRAMINES AS EXPLOSIVES; CHAPTER IIALIPHATIC NITRAMINES AND NITRAMIDESNITRAMINE (NITRAMIDE); CHAPTER III; AROMATIC NITRAMINES; TETRYL; NITRATION OF DIMETHYLANILINE; NITRATION OF DINITROMETHYLANILINE; By-products formed during the preparation of tetryl GENERAL RULES FOR THE PREPARATION OF TETRYL; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; EXPLOSIVE PROPERTIES; TOXICITY; TETRYL MANUFACTURE; HOMOLOGUES AND ANALOGUES OF TETRYL; THE POLYCYCLIC ANALOGUES OF TETRYL; NITRAMINO-ESTERS OF NITRIC ACID; NITRAMINONITROPHENOLS; NITRAMINO-AZOXY COMPOUNDS; NITRO METHYLENE BLUE; LITERATURE; CHAPTER IV; HETEROCYCLIC NITRAMINES; CYCLONITE; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; EXPLOSIVE PROPERTIES; TOXICITY; CYCLONITE MANUFACTURE; 2. PREPARATION OF CYCLONITE FROM HEXAMINE, NITRIC ACID AND AMMONIUM NITRATE; 3. PREPARATION OF CYCLONITE FROM SULPHAMIC ACID, FORMALDEHYDE AND NITRIC ACID; 4. PREPARATION OF CYCLONITE FROM PARAFORMALDEHYDE, AMMONIUM NITRATE AND ACETIC ANHYDRIDE; 5. PREPARATION OF CYCLONITE FROM HEXAMINE DINITRATE, AMMONIUM DINITRATE AND ACETIC ANHYDRIDE; THE THEORY OF CYCLONITE FORMATION BY METHODS 4 AND 5; OCTOGEN; HOMOCYCLONITE; NITRO DERIVATIVES OF MELAMINE; NITROSAMINES; Part 2PRIMARY EXPLOSIVES: INITIATORS; CHAPTER IGENERAL INFORMATION; LITERATURE; CHAPTER II; FULMINIC ACID AND ITS SALTS; FULMINIC ACID; MERCURY FULMINATE; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; EXPLOSIVE PROPERTIES; TOXICITY; MERCURY FULMINATE MANUFACTURE; OTHER SALTS OF FULMINIC ACID; CHAPTER III; HYDRAZOIC ACID AND ITS SALTS; HYDRAZOIC ACID; LEAD AZIDE; LEAD AZIDE MANUFACTURE; SILVER AZIDE; CUPRIC AZIDE; OTHER METAL AZIDES; ORGANIC AZIDES; LITERATURE; CHAPTER IV; OTHER INITIATING EXPLOSIVES; DIAZO COMPOUNDS; DINITROBENZENEDIAZO-OXIDE (DINITRODIAZOPHENOL); THE DERIVATIVES OF AMINOGUANIDINE; TETRAZENE; Tetrazene manufacture; CYANAMIDE SALTS; Silver cyanamide; NITROCYANAMIDE SALTS; NITROPHENOL SALTS; LEAD PICRATE; LEAD STYPHNATE; Lead styphnate manufacture LEAD DINITRORESORCINATE; NITROSOPHENOL SALTS; NITRAMINE SALTS; "ISONITRAMINE" (NITROSOHYDROXYLAMINE) SALTS; SALTS OF METAZONIC ACID; SALTS OF OXALIC ACID; PEROXIDES; ACETYLENE AND ITS SALTS (ACETYLIDES); CUPROUS ACETYLIDE; SILVER ACETYLIDE; VARIOUS INITIATORS; NITROGEN SULFIDE; NITROGEN SELENIDE; SALTS OF THIOCYANIC ACID; Part 3: COMPOSITE EXPLOSIVES; GENERAL INFORMATION; CHAPTER I HIGH EXPLOSIVES; PLASTIC EXPLOSIVES; CHAPTER II LIQUID EXPLOSIVES; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDRAZINE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; FLUORINE AND ITS DERIVATIVES MIXTURES WITH PERCHLORIC ACID; CHAPTER III BLACK POWDER; HISTORICAL; COMPOSITION OF BLACK POWDER; Charcoal; TYPES OF BLACK POWDER; EXPLOSIVE PROPERTIES OF BLACK POWDER; THE MANUFACTURE OF BLACK POWDER; BLENDING; CANNON POWDER; CHAPTER IV COMPOSITE PROPELLANTS FOR ROCKETS; THIOKOL PROPELLANTS; CHAPTER V MINING EXPLOSIVES; POWER OF EXPLOSIVES; TESTING OF EXPLOSIVES; LITERATURE; CHAPTER VI THE MANUFACTURE OF MINING EXPLOSIVES; THE MANUFACTURE OF AMMONIUM NITRATE EXPLOSIVES; AMMONIUM NITRATE-FUEL OIL MIXTURES (AN-FO); THE MANUFACTURE OF DYNAMITES; THE MANUFACTURE OF CHLORATE AND PERCHLORATE EXPLOSIVES; CHAPTER VII SMOKELESS POWDER; HISTORICAL; PROPERTIES OF SMOKELESS POWDER; LITERATURE; CHAPTER VIII THE MANUFACTURE OF SMOKELESS POWDER; NITROCELLULOSE POWDER; MANUFACTURE OF NITROCELLULOSE POWDER; THE PREPARATION OF NITROCELLULOSE MIXTURES; NITROCELLULOSE BULK POWDER (SCHULTZE POWDER); DOUBLE BASE POWDERS; SOLVENTLESS NITROGLYCERINE POWDERS; FLASHLESS CHARGES AND FLASHLESS POWDERS; CAST DOUBLE BASE PROPELLANTS; LITERATURE

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0BHMV32PS
• ISBN13: 9798357338907
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 534 Pages
• Dimensions: 11.7" x 1.3" x 8.3"