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The average citizen in today’s world gives little thought to the important role that commercial explosives play in our lives and how their use is linked to our standard of living and our way of life. Explosives provide the energy required to give us access to the vast resources of the earth for the advancement of civilization.
Part I, Chemical Explosives. The author wishes to acknowledge that this section is an update of the corresponding material in the tenth edition authored by Boyd Hansen.
Part II, Rocket Propellants.
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Sudweeks, W.B., Chen, F.F., McPherson, M.D. (2007). Chemical Explosives and Rocket Propellants. In: Kent, J.A. (eds) Kent and Riegel’s Handbook of Industrial Chemistry and Biotechnology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-27843-8_37
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