Shock Compression of Condensed Materials
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: September 8, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 179
ISBN-13: 9780521019248
Subjects: States of matter; Science/Mathematics; Science; Engineering - General; Physics; Solid State Physics; Condensed matter--Effect of radiation on; Condensed matter--Effect of radiation on Cond; Science / Physics; Science / Solid State Physics; Science-Physics; Technology-Engineering - General
First sentence: The all-out effort undertaken to produce weapons of nuclear deterrence that was started in the USSR after World War II demanded measurements of properties of various materials, including their shock compressibility, under high pressure.