This text has been shaped by the editor's experiences on task forces set up to investigate major explosives incidents and related civil and criminal proceedings. Chapters cover methods, applications, quality control, and significance of forensic chemistry, aircraft sabotage investigation, forensic pathology, and presentation of expert testimony. Contributors provide descriptions of the physics and chemistry of explosions and explosives, the detection of hidden explosives, and the procedures carried out at the scenes of gas explosions in buildings. Experienced professionals from industry, government, and the medical and legal professionals provide accounts of the developments and techniques in each of their subject areas.
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The history of explosives and propellants, also known generally as 'energetic materials', begins with the material known as gunpowder or black powder, whether the intended use was for civil applications such as rock blasting, military uses in demolition, shell filling (bursting charges) and construction projects, or military and civilian propellant charges for shotguns, pistols, rifles, or artillery. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Journal of Forensic Sciences, International Symposium, Journal of Chromatography, New York, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Government Printing Office, United States, Journal of Energetic Materials, Northern Ireland, Journal of the Forensic Science Society, Federal Aviation Administration, Building Research Establishment, Atlantic City, John Wiley, Bureau of Alcohol, Chemische Technologie, Transportation Safety Board of Canada, Department of Transportation, Institute of Chemical Engineers, Joint Departments of the Army, Natural Resources Canada, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, World War, Fort Halstead, Golden Powder New!
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The history of explosives and propellants, also known generally as 'energetic materials', begins with the material known as gunpowder or black powder, whether the intended use was for civil applications such as rock blasting, military uses in demolition, shell filling (bursting charges) and construction projects, or military and civilian propellant charges for shotguns, pistols, rifles, or artillery. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Journal of Forensic Sciences, International Symposium, Journal of Chromatography, New York, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Government Printing Office, United States, Journal of Energetic Materials, Northern Ireland, Journal of the Forensic Science Society, Federal Aviation Administration, Building Research Establishment, Atlantic City, John Wiley, Bureau of Alcohol, Chemische Technologie, Transportation Safety Board of Canada, Department of Transportation, Institute of Chemical Engineers, Joint Departments of the Army, Natural Resources Canada, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, World War, Fort Halstead, Golden Powder New!
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- Advances in Analysis and Detection of Explosives by Jehuda Yinon on 5 pages
- Analysis of Explosives (Pergamon series in analytical chemistry) by Jehuds Yinon on page 126, page 265, and page 301
- Northern Ireland (Cambridge Regional Geography) by Godfrey Dalton in Front Matter, page 244, and page 264
- Mass Spectrometry: Principles and Applications by Dudley H. Williams on page 308, page 309, and page 312
- Modern Methods and Applications in Analysis of Explosives by Jehuda Yinon on page 126, and page 265
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- Current Practice of Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (Chromatographic Science Series) by Wilfried M.A. Niessen on page 406, and page 407
- Fire Investigation (International Forensic Science and Investigation) by Niamh Nic Daeid in Front Matter
- Forensic Examination of Glass and Paint: Analysis and Interpretation (Themes in History) by Brian Caddy in Front Matter
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