The Preparatory Manual of Explosives: The Revision: A comprehensive Encyclopedia of laboratory processes for the preparation of highly energetic materials

Chapter 1: Intro. Black Powder or Gunpowder. Physical Tests for Determining Explosives and other properties. Dangerous (Hazardous) Chemicals and Other Materials. Azeotropic Distillation Procedure. Chapter 2: The Acids and their Oxides. NITRIC ACIDNitrogen Oxide (Nitric oxide). Nitrogen Pentoxide (Dinitrogen pentoxide, Nitric anhydride). Nitrogen Tetraoxide (Nitrogen Peroxide, Nitrogen Dioxide). Chapter 3: Ammine or Ammoniate Coordination compounds and Amides. AMIDES. Chapter 4: TNT. Preparation of TNT (1-2-3 method; preferred method). Chapter 5: Ammonium Nitrate. Preparation of ammonium nitrate. AMATOL, "Military Nitrate of Ammonia". Amatol, Analytical Procedures. AMMONIT (German). Ammonium Nitrate Blasting Explosive. Chapter 6: Acetylene and Acetylides. Chapter 7: RDX and HMX. Chapter 8: Nitrocellulose and Nitro Starch. Chapter 9: Nitroglycerine. Chapter 10: Chlorates, Perchlorates, and Nitrates. Chapter 11: Azides and Nitrides. Chapter 14: Fulminates. Chapter 16: ADN’s. Chapter 17: PETN’s. Chapter 18: Glycols. Chapter 19: Triazoles. Chapter 20: Tetrazoles. Chapter 21: Phenols. Chapter 22: Phenol salts. Chapter 24: Aluminum Explosives. Chapter 25: Organic Azides. Chapter 26: Diazodinitrophenol and The AZO’s. Chapter 27: Poly Nitro Benzenes. Chapter 28: Methane Derivatives. Chapter 29: Nitro Benzenes. Chapter 30: Nitro Saccharines’. Chapter 31: Nitroforms. Chapter 32: Ethane derivatives. Chapter 33: High-energy Plasticizers. Chapter 34: Organic Nitrates and Perchlorates. Chapter 35: Cyclic Nitramines.Chapter 36: Phenyl Amines. Chapter 37: Nitrate Ester Nitramine’s. Chapter 38: Ureas’ and Guanidines. Chapter 39: Poly Organic Nitrates’. Chapter 40: Anisoles. Chapter 41: Miscellaneous