Title: Very superficial coverage, but many entries
Review: I found the book little more than a disorganized glossary of explosives and related terms.Yes, it does have hundreds of different explosives types listed, many of which are very esoteric and rare. And it does contain good thermodynamic data for many explosives.But the explosives, terms, and safety data are all lumped together and only classified alphabetically in a single group.Coverage is spotty. For example, black powder gets good coverage (relative to the overall superficial coverage of all subjects), while TNT is barely mentioned. Prills are covered in some detail while nitrification isn't even mentioned. Manufacturing techniques and intermediate reactions are at most just a few sentences, even for important commercial explosives.All the information contained in the book can easily be found on the Internet or at your local library, and in much better detail.
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