Prevention of Hazardous Fires and Explosions: The Transfer to Civil Applications of Military Experiences (NATO Science Partnership Sub-Series: 1:)
Contributors: V.E. Zarko (Editor); V. Weiser (Editor); N. Eisenreich (Editor); A.A. Vasil'ev (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: May 31, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 376
ISBN-13: 9780792357698
Subjects: Fire protection & safety; Physical chemistry; Science; Technology & Industrial Arts; Science/Mathematics; Engineering - Chemical & Biochemical; Fire Science; Industrial Health & Safety; Science / Chemistry / Physical & Theoretical; Chemistry - General; Chemistry - Physical & Theoretical
First sentence: While explosions have occurred with black powder over the centuries, the discovery and industrialization of nitrocotton by SCHÖNBEIN, and nitroglycerine by SOBRERO and NOBEL in the second half of the last century was a bloody success story.