Ammonium nitrate explosives for civil applications [[electronic resource] ] : slurries, emulsions and ammonium nitrate fuel oils / / Erode G. Mahadevan

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910141491503321
• Autore: Mahadevan Erode G
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Weinheim, : Wiley-VCH, 2013
• ISBN: 3-527-64568-3; 1-283-91539-1; 3-527-64570-5
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (232 p.)
• Disciplina: 662.2
• Soggetti: Ammonium nitrate fuel oil
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Tedesco
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Ammonium Nitrate Explosives for Civil Applications; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgment; Preface; 1 Classification of Explosives; 1.1 Initiation Sensitivity; 1.2 Size; 1.3 Usage; 1.4 Physical Form; 2 Explosive Science; 2.1 Introduction; 2.1.1 Low Explosives; 2.1.2 High Explosives; 2.2 Initiation and Detonation; 2.2.1 Mechanism; 2.3 Propagation and Detonation; 2.3.1 Propagation; 2.3.2 Detonation; 2.3.2.1 Ideal/Nonideal Detonation/Critical Diameter/Ideal Diameter; 2.3.2.2 Detonation Pressure and Velocity; 2.4 Reaction Chemistry in Explosives; 2.4.1 Heat of Reaction; 2.4.2 Rules of Hierarchy2.4.3 Calculation of Oxygen Balance and Fuel Values; References; 3 Ammonium Nitrate Explosives; 3.1 Introduction; 3.1.1 Chronology; 3.2 Design of Commercial Explosives; 3.2.1 Importance of Oxygen Balance; 3.2.2 Physical, Performance, and Safety Requirements; 3.3 Tests; 3.3.1 Ballistic Mortar Test; 3.3.2 Trauzl Lead Block Test; 3.3.3 Velocity of Detonation (VOD); 3.3.4 Gap Test and Continuity of Detonation Test; 3.3.5 Aquarium Test; 3.3.6 Double Pipe Test; 3.3.7 Cylinder Test (Crushing Strength); 3.3.8 Plate Dent Test; 3.3.9 Underwater Test (UWT); 3.3.10 Crater Test; 3.4 Assessment of Safety and Stability Characteristics3.4.1 Impact Test; 3.4.2 Torpedo Friction Test; 3.4.3 Accelerated Hot Storage (ageing Test); 3.4.4 Cold Temperature Storage Test; 3.4.5 Thermal Stability ; Tests Using DTA and TGA Procedures; 3.5 Summary; References; 4 Ammonium Nitrate and AN/FO; 4.1 Introduction and History; 4.2 Physical and Chemical Properties of Ammonium Nitrate; 4.2.1 Basic Data; 4.2.2 Decomposition Chemistry of AN; 4.2.3 Phase Transition in AN and its Importance in Explosives; 4.3 Manufacture of Ammonium Nitrate; 4.3.1 Prilled Ammonium Nitrate; 4.4 Ammonium Nitrate Fuel Oil Explosives4.4.1 Background; 4.4.2 AN/FO Manufacture; 4.4.2.1 Mixing Process and Equipment; 4.4.2.2 Continuous Process; 4.4.2.3 Bulk Delivery Systems; 4.4.3 Properties of AN/FO; 4.4.3.1 Physical; 4.4.3.2 Oil Absorbency and Porosity/Bulk Density/Crushing Strength; 4.4.3.3 Resistance to Effect of Temperature Cycling; 4.4.4 Characteristics of ANFO; 4.4.4.1 Density/Strength; 4.4.4.2 Strength of the AN/FO Explosive; 4.4.4.3 Energy Content of AN/FO; 4.4.4.4 Velocity of Detonation and Effective Priming; 4.4.4.5 Mechanism of Detonation Propagation in AN/FO; 4.4.4.6 Influence of Fuel4.4.4.7 Effect of Moisture/Wet Boreholes/Water-Resistant AN/FO; 4.4.4.8 Water-Resistant AN/FO; 4.4.4.9 Increasing the Energy of AN/FO and its Fume Characteristics; 4.4.5 Safety Considerations in AN/FO; 4.4.6 Summary - AN/FO Explosives; 4.4.7 Quality Checks; References; Further Reading; 5 Slurries and Water Gels; 5.1 Development; 5.2 Design; 5.2.1 Large-Diameter Packaged Product (Water Gels); 5.2.2 List of Ingredients; 5.2.3 Small-Diameter, Cap-Sensitive Water Gels; 5.2.4 Bulk Delivery Product; 5.2.5 Basic Concepts of Formulation; 5.2.5.1 Oxygen Balance; 5.2.5.2 Thumb Rules for Design
• Sommario/riassunto: The book describes the science and technology of formulation and manufacturing of non-nitroglycerine explosives with ammonium nitrate as the main ingredient. Based on the author's industry experience of more than thirty years, it provides an unparalleled treatment of one of the commercially most important classes of explosives and therefore stimulates further research and development efforts in the field of explosives for civil applications.

The myths we live by / / Mary Midgley

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910348227203321
• Autore: Midgley Mary <1919->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2003
• ISBN: 9786610047079; 9781134392520; 1134392524; 9781134392537; 1134392532; 9781280047077; 1280047070; 9780203480922; 0203480929
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (203 p.)
• Classificazione: 08.32
• Disciplina: 191
• Soggetti: Myth; Symbolism; Philosophy
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 176-184) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: How myths work -- Our place in the world -- Progress, science and modernity -- Thought has many forms -- The aims of reduction -- Dualistic dilemmas -- Motives, materialism and megalomania -- What is action -- Tidying the inner scene : why memes? -- The sleep of reason produces monsters -- Getting rid of the ego -- Cultural evolution? -- Selecting the selectors -- Is reason sex-linked? -- The journey from freedom to desolation -- Biotechnology and the yuk factor -- The new alchemy -- The supernatural engineer -- Heaven and earth, an awkward history -- Science looks both ways -- Are you an animal? -- Problems about parsimony -- Denying animal consciousness -- Beasts versus the biosphere? -- Some practical dilemmas -- Problems of living with otherness -- Changing ideas of wildness
• Sommario/riassunto: Mary Midgley argues in her powerful new book that far from being the opposite of science, myth is a central part of it. In brilliant prose, she claims that myths are neither lies nor mere stories but a network of powerful symbols that suggest particular ways of interpreting the world.