ABSTRACT
This work provides a summary of the latest research and discoveries in the eld of energetic materials as presented to the Thermophysical Properties section of the Energetic Materials Group (EMG) at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) National Meeting, 10-13 November, 2008, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and other works of the presenters at the conference. The term energetic materials encompasses a wide variety of materials, ranging from conventional organic explosives, such as the TNT (2,4,6-trinitrotoluene), RDX (hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine), and HMX (octahydro-1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetrazocine), insensitive compounds such as N-methyl-4-nitroaniline (MNA) and 2.4-dinitroanisole (DNAN) and 1,3,5triamino-2,4,6-trinitrobenze (TATB), to thermite systems consisting of separate fuels and oxidizers. Energetic materials-used in primers, main charges, propellants, pyrotechnic mixtures, or as reactive materials-have been
CONTENTS
1.1 Background .....................................................................................................1 1.2 Energetic Materials ........................................................................................2 1.3 Thermophysical Properties ..........................................................................4 1.4 The Energetic Materials Group ....................................................................5
