TITLE:
U S ARMY - Encyclopedia of Explosives and Related Items


Description
NCJ Number: NCJ 045097
Title: ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EXPLOSIVES AND RELATED ITEMS, PATR 2700, V 7, 1975
Author(s): B T FEDOROFF ; O E SHEFFIELD ; S M KAYE
Corporate Author: US Dept of the Army
Picatinny Arsenal
United States

Management Science Assoc
United States
Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of the Army
Picatinny Arsenal
United States
Sale: National Technical Information Service
Publicity Manager
5285 Port Royal Road
Springfield, VA 22151
United States
Publication Date: 1975
Pages: 639
Origin: United States
Language: English
Contract No.: DAAA21-73-C-075
Annotation: DEFINITIONS, EXPLANATIONS, DIAGRAMS, AND OTHER INFORMATION IN THE AREA OF EXPLOSIVES ARE PRESENTED; THIS VOLUME CONTAINS ALPHABETICAL ENTRIES BETWEEN 'H2' AND 'LYSOL AND NITRATED DERIVATIVE.'
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 ( NAMES OF SCIENTISTS WHO HAVE MADE IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE FIELD. LISTS ARE PROVIDED WHICH SUPPLEMENT THOSE GIVEN IN VOLUMES 1 THROUGH 6 OF THE ENCYCLOPEDIA; THESE CONTAIN ABBREVIATIONS FOR BOOKS AND PERIODICALS REFERENCED, AND TITLES OF BOOKS ON EXPLOSIVES, PROPELLANTS, PYROTECHNICS, AND ORDNANCE ITEMS. 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; HISTORY OF EXPLOSIVES, AMMUNITIONS, AND WEAPONS; HIGH-SPEED PHOTOGRAPHY; IDENTIFICATION OF AMMUNITION AND EXPLOSIVE DEVICES; INITIATION OF EXPLOSION BY IMPACT; INCENDIARY WARFARE; ITALIAN EXPLOSIVES; JAPANESE EXPLOSIVES, AMMUNITION, AND WEAPONS; AND LOADING AND FABRICATION OF EXPLOSIVES. LISTS OF TABLES, FIGURES, AND ILLUSTRATIONS ARE PROVIDED. FOR VOLUMES 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, AND 6, RESPECTIVELY, SEE NCJ 02852, 00601, 00600, AND 45094-45097. (VDA)
Index Term(s): Reference materials ; Explosives

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