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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Field, Simon (Simon Quellen)     Subjects     Explosives -- Popular works.     Explosives -- History -- Popular works.     Chemical weapons -- History -- Popular works.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Field, Simon (Simon Quellen)       by title:      Boom! : the chemistr...         MARC Display

Boom! : the chemistry and history of explosives / Simon Quellen Field. by Field, Simon (Simon Quellen) Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, c2017. Subjects Explosives -- Popular works.   Explosives -- History -- Popular works.   Chemical weapons -- History -- Popular works. ISBN:  9781613738054 (pbk. : alk. paper) : 1613738056 (pbk. : alk. paper) Description:  200 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm Contents:  Introduction -- Black powder -- Black powder guns -- Fulminating compounds -- Guncotton and smokeless powders -- Nitroglycerin -- Picric acid -- Trinitrotoluene -- Tetryl -- Pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN) -- Cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine (RDX) -- Cyclotetramethylene ttetranitramine (HMX) -- Hexanitrohexaazaisowurzitane (HNIW or CL-20) -- Triminotrinitrobenzene (TATB) -- Polymer-bonded explosives (PBX) -- Testing explosives -- Insensitive explosives -- Shapes charges -- Types of explosives -- Thermobaric explosives -- Eco-friendly explosives -- High-energy rocket fuels -- A brief history of explosives in the home. Requests:  0 Summary:  Field takes readers on a decades-long journey through the history of things that go boom. From the early days of black powder to today's modern plastic explosives, he details now just the who, when, and why, but also the how. He explains how explosives work on a molecular scale, and gives readers a basic understanding of the chemistry that makes them possible.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Business, Science & Technology 662.2 Fi Checked In Add Copy to MyList Pahoa P/S Library Adult Nonfiction 662.2 Fi Checked In Add Copy to MyList Salt Lake-Moanalua Public Library Adult Nonfiction 662.2 Fi Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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