The challenge of improvised explosives
Abstract
Energetic materials have been developed for decades, and indeed centuries, with a common set of goals in mind. Performance (as a detonating explosive, a propellant, or a pyrotechnic) has always been key, equally important have been the attributes of safety, stability, and reproducibility. Research and development with those goals has led to the set of energetic materials commonly used today. In the past few decades, the adoption and use of improvised explosives in attacks by terrorists or third-world parties has led to many questions about these materials, e.g., how they may be made, what threat they pose to the intended target, how to handle them safely, and how to detect them. The unfortunate advent of improvised explosives has opened the door for research into these materials, and there are active programs in many countries. I will discuss issues and opportunities facing research into improvised explosives.
- Authors:
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- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1237529
- Report Number(s):
- LLNL-JRNL-541332
Journal ID: ISSN 1521-4087
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC52-07NA27344
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics (Online)
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics (Online); Journal Volume: 37; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 1521-4087
- Publisher:
- Wiley
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Citation Formats
Maienschein, Jon L. The challenge of improvised explosives. United States: N. p., 2012.
Web. doi:10.1002/prep.201280005.
Maienschein, Jon L. The challenge of improvised explosives. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/prep.201280005
Maienschein, Jon L. Thu .
"The challenge of improvised explosives". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/prep.201280005. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1237529.
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title = {The challenge of improvised explosives},
author = {Maienschein, Jon L.},
abstractNote = {Energetic materials have been developed for decades, and indeed centuries, with a common set of goals in mind. Performance (as a detonating explosive, a propellant, or a pyrotechnic) has always been key, equally important have been the attributes of safety, stability, and reproducibility. Research and development with those goals has led to the set of energetic materials commonly used today. In the past few decades, the adoption and use of improvised explosives in attacks by terrorists or third-world parties has led to many questions about these materials, e.g., how they may be made, what threat they pose to the intended target, how to handle them safely, and how to detect them. The unfortunate advent of improvised explosives has opened the door for research into these materials, and there are active programs in many countries. I will discuss issues and opportunities facing research into improvised explosives.},
doi = {10.1002/prep.201280005},
journal = {Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics (Online)},
number = 3,
volume = 37,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jun 14 00:00:00 EDT 2012},
month = {Thu Jun 14 00:00:00 EDT 2012}
}
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