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Author:   Jacqueline Akhavan (Cranfield University, UK)
Publisher:   Royal Society of Chemistry
Imprint:   Royal Society of Chemistry
Edition:   3rd revision of 3rd New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   0.312kg
ISBN:  

9781849733304

ISBN 10:   1849733309
Pages:   194
Publication Date:   08 July 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Replaced By:   9781839164460
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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... an excellent book for 'A' level students and new graduates. ... this succinct introductory paperback manual on the chemistry, physics, and functioning of explosives is most welcome ... eminently readable ...

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Professor Jacqueline Akhavan joined the academic staff at Cranfield University in 1987 after graduating from Southampton University with a PhD in polymer chemistry. In the early 1990s she was invited as a visiting research scientist to Akron University in Ohio to develop high energy rocket propellant for Norton Thiokol. In 2001 she was appointed Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies and in 2007 she was awarded a personal chair in explosive chemistry. Professor Akhavan is Head of the Centre for Defence Chemistry and is also leading the Synthesis and Formulations Group. Her main research activity is in the development of PBXs for insensitive munitions which contain inert and energetic polymers. Professor Akhavan is a Fellow of The Royal Society of Chemistry and a Chartered Chemist.

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