NCJ Number
45095
Date Published
1972
Length
796 pages
Annotation
DEFINITIONS, EXPLANATIONS, AND OTHER INFORMATION IN THE AREA OF EXPLOSIVES ARE PRESENTED; THIS VOLUME CONTAINS ALPHABETICAL ENTRIES BETWEEN 'DETONIRUYUSHCHII SHNUR' AND 'ESTERS, NITRIC OF POLYHYDROXYDICARBOXYLIC ACIDS.'
Abstract
THE ENCYCLOPEDIA COVERS THE FOLLOWING ITEMS: (1) MILITARY AND INDUSTRIAL EXPLOSIVES, EXPLOSIVE COMPOSITIONS, PROPELLANTS, AND PYROTECHNIC COMPOSITIONS; (2) EXPLOSIVES AND EXPLOSIVE COMPOSITIONS OTHER THAN MILITARY OR INDUSTRIAL; (3) ANALYTICAL PROCEDURES FOR THE MORE COMMON COMPOSITIONS; (4) COMPOUNDS WHICH MAY EXPLODE BECAUSE OF THE PRESENCE OF PLOSOPHORIC GROUPS; (5) AMMUNITION ITEMS; (6) CALIBERS OF WEAPONS AND PROJECTILES; (7) BRIEF DEFINITIONS OF ORDNANCE TERMS; AND (8) NAMES OF SCIENTISTS WHO HAVE MADE IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE FIELDS OF EXPLOSIVES, AMMUNITION, AND WEAPONS. LISTS ARE PROVIDED WHICH SUPPLEMENT THOSE GIVEN IN VOLUMES 1 THROUGH 4 OF THE ENCYCLOPEDIA; THESE CONTAIN ABBREVIATIONS, CODE NAMES, AND SYMBOLS USED; ABBREVIATIONS FOR BOOKS AND PERIODICALS REFERENCED; AND BOOKS ON EXPLOSIVES AND PROPELLANTS. ALTERNATIVE NAMES OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS ARE CROSS-REFERENCED, AND IF A COMPOUND OR TEST IS DESCRIBED IN FOREIGN-LANGUAGE LITERATURE, ITS FOREIGN NAME IS GIVEN. TOPICS COVERED IN THIS VOLUME INCLUDE: DYNAMITE AND SUBSTITUTES; EROSION OF GUN BARRELS; ENERGY; AND ELECTRICITY AND HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH IT. LISTS OF TABLES, FIGURES, AND ILLUSTRATIONS ARE PROVIDED. FOR VOLUMES, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, AND 7, RESPECTIVELY, SEE NCJ 02852, 00601, 00600, 45094, 45096, AND 45097. (VDA)