THE CHEMISTRY OF POWDER AND EXPLOSIVES
CHAPTER CONTENTS PAGE I PROPERTIES OF EXPLOSIVES DEFINITION CLASSIFICATION OF EXPLOSIVES A COMPLETE ROUND OF AMMUNITION PROPAGATION OF EXPLOSION DETONATING FUSE VELOCITY OF DETONATION MUNROE EFFECT SENSITIVITY TESTS TESTS OF EXPLOSIVE POWER AND BRISANCE II BLACK POWDER INTRODUCTION BERTHOLD SCHWARZ BOERHAAVE ON BLACK POWDER GREEK FIRE MARCUS GRAECUS ROGER BACON DEVELOPMENT OF BLACK POWDER BURNING OF BLACK POWDER USES OF BLACK POWDER MANUFACTURE ANALYSIS BLASTING POWDER AMMONPULVER OTHER RELATED PROPELLENT EXPLOSIVES III PYROTECHNICS DEVELOPMENT OF PYROTECHNIC MIXTURES COLORED LIGHTS RAILWAY FUSEES SCRATCH MIXTURE MARINE SIGNALS PARADE TORCHES ALUMINUM AND MAGNESIUM FLARES LANCES PICRATE COMPOSITIONS PICRATE WHISTLES NON-PICRATE WHISTLES ROCKETS ROMAN CANDLES STARS GERBS FOUNTAINS WHEELS SAXONS PINWHEELS FLASH CRACKER COMPOSITION SPARKLERS WIRE DIPS AND COLORED FIRE STICKS PHARAOH'S SERPENTS BLACK NON-MERCURY SNAKES SMOKES IV AROMATIC NITRO COMPOUNDS EFFECT OF GROUPS ON FURTHER SUBSTITUTION UTILIZATION OF COAL TAR EFFECT OF SUBSTITUENTS ON EXPLOSIVE STRENGTH MONO- AND DI-NITROBENZENE TRINITROBENZENE NITRATION OF CHLOROBENZENE TRINITROTOLUENE TRINITROXYLENE NITRO DERIVATIVES OF NAPHTHALENE HEXANITROBIPHENYL PICRIC ACID AMMONIUM PICRATE GUANIDINE PICRATE TRINITROCRESOL TRINITRORESORCINOL TRINITROANISOL AND TRINITROPHENETOL TRINITROANILINE TETRANITROANILINE TETRYL ETHYL TETRYL BUTYL TETRYL HEXANITRODIPHENYLAMINE HEXANITRODIPHENYL SULFIDE HEXANITRODIPHENYL SULFONE HEXANITRO-OXANILIDE HEXANITROCARBANILIDE HEXANITROAZOBENZENE MINES COMETS AND METEORS BOMBSHELLS MAROONS TOY CAPS SILVER TORPEDOES JAPANESE TORPEDOES GLOBE TORPEDOES RAILWAY TORPEDOES ENGLISH CRACKERS OR GRASSHOPPERS 1LL CHINESE FIRECRACKERS NITROARABINOSE NITROGLUCOSE NITROMANNOSE NITROMALTOSE NITROLACTOSE NITROSUCROSE OTHER NITROSUGARS EARLY HISTORY OF NITRATED CARBOHYDRATES NITROCELLULOSE DETERMINATION OF NITROGEN NITROSTARCH UTILIZATION OF FORMALDEHYDE PENTAERYTHRITE TETRANITRATE DIPENTAERYTHRITE HEXANITRATE TRIMETHYLOLNITROMETHANE TRINITRATE NITROPENTANONE AND RELATED SUBSTANCES VI SMOKELESS POWDER BULK POWDER EARLY HISTORY OF COLLOIDED POWDERS CLASSIFICATION OF COLLOIDED NITROCELLULOSE POWDERS MANUFACTURE OF SINGLE-BASE POWDER STABILIZERS TRANSFORMATIONS OF DIPHENYLAMINE DURING AGING OF POWDER , DINITRODIGLYCOL TRINITROPHENOXYETHYL NITRATE NITRATION OF ETHYLENE PENTRYL HEXANITRODIPHENYLAMINOETHYL NITRATE TRIMETHYLENE GLYCOL DINITRATE PROPYLENE GLYCOL DINITRATE BUTYLENE GLYCOL DINITRATE NITROERYTHRITE NITROMANNITE NITRODULCITE NITROSORBITE NITRATED SUGAR MIXTURES V NITRIC ESTERS METHYL NITRATE OTHER ALKYL NITRATES NITROGLYCERIN DINITROGLYCERIN MONONITROGLYCERIN NITROGLYCIDE DINITROCHLOROHYDRIN TETRANITRODIGLYCERIN NITROGLYCOL PERMISSIBLE EXPLOSIVES SPRENGEL EXPLOSIVES LIQUID OXYGEN EXPLOSIVES CHLORATE AND PERCHLORATE EXPLOSIVES AMMONIUM NITRATE MILITARY EXPLOSIVES VIII NLTROAMINES AND RELATED SUBSTANCES NITROAMIDE METHYLNITRAMINE UREA NITRATE NITROUREA GUANIDINE NITRATE NITROGUANIDINE NITROSOGUANIDINE ETHYLENEDINITRAMINE DINITRODIMETHYLOXAMIDE DINITRODIMETHYLSULFAMIDE 395] CYCLOTRIMETHYLENETRINITRAMINE IX PRIMARY EXPLOSIVES, DETONATORS, AND PRIMERS DISCOVERY OF FULMINATING COMPOUNDS MERCURY FULMINATE SILVER FULMINATE DETONATORS TESTING OF DETONATORS LEAD AZIDE SILVER AZIDE CYANURIC TRIAZDDE TRINITROTRIAZIDOBENZENE NITROGEN SULFIDE ___ , LEAD STYPHNATE DIAZONIUM SALTS DIAZODINITROPHENOL TETRACENE HEXAMETHYLENETRIPEROXIDEDIAMINE FRICTION PRIMERS PERCUSSION PRIMERS VII DYNAMITE AND OTHER HIGH EXPLOSIVES INVENTION OF DYNAMITE INVENTION OF AMMONIUM NITRATE EXPLOSIVES GUHR DYNAMITE STRAIGHT DYNAMITE BLASTING GELATIN GELATIN DYNAMITE ABSORPTION OF MOISTURE CONTROL OF RATE OF BURNING GELATINIZING AGENTS FLASHLESS CHARGES AND FLASHLESA POWDER BALL-GRAIN POWDER