Editors:
- Edited and authored by a group of leading international experts, this volume is the first compendium to assemble in a single text our present knowledge about the vast range of non-shock ignition mechanisms of gas, liquid and solid explosives, where initiation is not prompt, and involves a series of steps that may or may not lead to a steady detonation
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Shock Wave Science and Technology Reference Library (SHOCKWAVES, volume 5)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Editors and Affiliations
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Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, USA
B. W. Asay
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Shock Wave Science and Technology Reference Library, Vol. 5
Book Subtitle: Non-Shock Initiation of Explosives
Editors: B. W. Asay
Series Title: Shock Wave Science and Technology Reference Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-87953-4
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-87952-7Published: 05 February 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-26240-1Published: 04 May 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-87953-4Published: 16 December 2009
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 618
Number of Illustrations: 296 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering, Safety in Chemistry, Dangerous Goods, Classical and Continuum Physics, Physical Chemistry