CONTENTS

Introduction

1 Black Powder

2 Black Powder Guns

3 Fulminating Compounds

4 Guncotton and Smokeless Powders

5 Nitroglycerin

6 Picric Acid

7 Trinitrotoluene

9 Pentaerythritol Tetranitrate (PETN)

10 Cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine (RDX)

11 Cyclotetramethylene Tetranitramine (HMX)

12 Hexanitrohexaazaisowurzitane (HNIW or CL-20)

13 Triaminotrinitrobenzene (TATB)

14 Polymer-Bonded Explosives (PBX)

15 Testing Explosives

16 Insensitive Explosives

17 Shaped Charges

18 Types of Explosives

19 Thermobaric Explosives

20 Eco-friendly Explosives

21 High-Energy Rocket Fuels

22 A Brief History of Explosives in the Home

Index