itd EXPLOSIVE PRINCIPLES AN ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING EXPLOSIVES AND DETONATIONS Robert A. Sickler‘Portion of this book may be reproduced in any form ‘Without the express wrilien permission of the publisher, “Neither the author nor the publisher assumes. for the use or misuse of Contained in this book,Chapter One Introduction to Explosives Chapter Two Physics of Energetic Material Decomposit Chapter Three Explosive Material Chemistry 17 Chapter Four Physics of Explosives 25 Chapter Five Explosive Materials 39 Chapter Six Testing 53 Conclusion 57