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| Preface | |
| Acknowledgments | |
| Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings | |
| Structure and Stability | |
| Molecular Structure and Performance of High Explosives | p. 3 |
| Recent Advances in the Thermal Decomposition of Cyclic Nitramines | p. 13 |
| Molecular Composition, Structure, and Sensitivity of Explosives | p. 25 |
| Energy Transfer Dynamics and Impact Sensitivity | p. 35 |
| Relationship Between Radiation Stability and Molecular Structure of Nitramine Explosives | p. 41 |
| Thin Film Infrared Laser Pyrolysis Studies of Thermal Decomposition Mechanisms in Nitramine Propellants | p. 47 |
| Nitrogen Radicals from Thermal and Photochemical Decomposition of Ammonium Perchlorate, Ammonium Dinitramide, and Cyclic Nitramines | p. 53 |
| Deformation, Fracture, and Initiation | |
| Energy Localization and the Initiation of Explosive Crystals by Shock or Impact | p. 63 |
| The Importance of Sterically Hindered Shear in Determining the Sensitivity of Explosive Crystals | p. 75 |
| Fracture Surface Topography of Octol Explosives | p. 81 |
| The Electron-Beam Sensitivity of Binary Metal Azides | p. 87 |
| Comparison of Deformation and Shock Reactivity for Single Crystals of RDX and Ammonium Perchlorate | p. 93 |
| Molecular Modeling of Slip Supposed to Occur in the Shock Initiation of Crystalline PETN | p. 99 |
| Interpreting Drop-Weight Impact Results in Terms of Deformation Dependent Initiation Criteria | p. 107 |
| Hot Spot Heating from Impurities and Vacancies in a Crystalline Solid Under Rapid Compression | p. 113 |
| Shock Phenomena | |
| Dissociative Phase Transitions, Split Shock Waves, Rarefaction Shocks, and Detonations | p. 123 |
| Femtosecond Spectroscopy of Chemically Reactive Solids a Methodology | p. 129 |
| Explosion of Drops Impacting Non-Wetting Rigid Surfaces | p. 141 |
| Ab Initio Study of Electronics Structure of RDX Molecular Crystal | p. 149 |
| Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Shocks and Detonations in a Model 3D Energetic Crystal with Defects | p. 155 |
| Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Shock-Defect Interactions in Tow-Dimensional Nonreactive Crystals | p. 161 |
| Molecular Level Study of Insensitive and Energetic Layered and Intercalated Materials | p. 167 |
| Overview: High Speed Dynamics and Modelling as it Applies to Energetic Solids | p. 173 |
| Delayed Initiation in a Model Energetic Material | p. 183 |
| Crystals: Growth and Behavior | |
| Electronic Excitations Preceding Shock Initiation in Explosives | p. 189 |
| Pressure/Temperature/Reaction Phase Diagrams for Several Nitramine Compounds | p. 199 |
| The Growth and Perfection of Single Crystals of Trinitrotoluene (TNT) | p. 215 |
| Atomic Force Microscopy of Ammonium Perchlorate | p. 221 |
| Energetic Crystal-Lattice-Dependent Responses | p. 227 |
| The Molecular and Crystal Structures of Polycyclic Energetic Materials | p. 233 |
| NTO Polymorphs | p. 237 |
| Growth and Defects of Explosives Crystals | p. 243 |
| Statics, Kinematics, and Dynamics | |
| Surface Chemical Characterization Methods Applied to Energetic Materials | p. 257 |
| Surface Chemistry of Energetic Materials at High Temperature | p. 269 |
| Quantum Dynamical Studies of the Decomposition of Energetic Materials | p. 281 |
| Correlation Time for Polymer Chain Motion Near the Glass Transition in Nitrocellulose | p. 287 |
| Hot Spot Histories in Energetic Materials | p. 293 |
| Experimental Study and Model Calculations of Metal Combustion in AI/AP Underwater Explosives | p. 299 |
| Detonation Studies in Dispersed Solid Particulate Explosives Using High Speed Time-Resolved Holography | p. 305 |
| Reaction Kinetics of Metallized Explosives | p. 311 |
| Process, Performance, and Propellants | |
| Combustion Synthesis of Composite Materials | p. 319 |
| Interrelationship Between Solid Propellant Combustion and Materials Behavior | p. 331 |
| Laboratory Testing and Constitutive Modeling of Coal Including Anisotropy | p. 349 |
| Time Lag Diffusion Method for a Solid Propellant Emitting Gases | p. 355 |
| Energetic Materials in Ceramics Synthesis | p. 361 |
| Infrared Fiber Optic Diagnostic for Solid Propellant Combustion | p. 367 |
| Laser-Based Sensitive Detection of Energetic Materials | p. 373 |
| Shocked Energetic Molecular Materials: Chemical Reaction Initiation and Hot Spot Formation | p. 379 |
| Author Index | p. 385 |
| Subject Index | p. 387 |
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ISBN: 9781558991910
ISBN-10: 1558991913
Series: MRS Proceedings
Audience:
Professional
Format:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 390
Published: 28th May 1993
Publisher: Materials Research Society
Dimensions (cm): 23.6 x 15.7
x 2.5
Weight (kg): 0.771
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