Preface ....................................................... vii
Chapter 1 Recent Developments in the Theory of Explosive
Materials ............................................ 1
Lemi Türker
Chapter 2 Synchrotron-Based Fourier Transform Infrared
Spectroscopy and Statistic Analysis in Detection of
Post-Blast Traces of Explosive Materials ............ 53
A. Banas', K. Banas, И.О. Moser, M. Bahou, W. Li,
P. Yang, M. Cholewa and S.K. Lim
Chapter 3 Rapid and Sensitive Detection of Chemical
Explosives Using Ambient Mass Spectrometry .......... 81
Huanwen Chen and Haiwei Gu
Chapter 4 Important Aspects of Sensitivity of Energetic
Compounds: A Simple Novel Approach to Predict
Electric Spark Sensitivity ......................... 103
Mohammad Hossein Keshavarz
Chapter 5 Thermal Methods of Analysis as a Tool for
Quantitative Composition Determination of
"Water-in-Oil" Emulsions ........................... 125
Romana Cere Korošec and Peter Bukovec
Chapter 6 Tetraazapentalenes and Benzofuroxans as Explosive
Materials .......................................... 145
Lemi Türker and Çağlar Çelik Bayar
Chapter 7 Effects of Temperature and Humidity on the
Characterization of TNT Explosive Threats .......... 167
C.J. Miller and T.S. Yoder
Chapter 8 Predicting Detonation Performance In Non-ideal
Explosives By Empirical Methods* ................... 179
Mohammad Hossein Keshavarz
Chapter 9 Extraction of Nitroaromatic Explosive Compounds
from Soil: Critical Review ......................... 203
Negussie W. Beyene
Chapter 10 Remote Raman and Infrared Spectroscopy Detection
of High Explosives ................................. 231
S.P. Hernández-Rivera, L.C. Pacheco-Londoño,
W. Ortiz-Rivera, J.R. Castro-Suarez,
O.M. Primera-Pedrozo, and H. Félix-Rivera
Chapter 11 A Review of Peroxide Based Homemade Explosives:
Characterization and Detection ..................... 259
E.A. Espinosa-Fuentes, A.J. Peña-Quevedo,
L.C. Pacheco-Londoño, R. Infante-Castillo and
S.P. Hernández-Rivera
Index ......................................................... 283
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