PRINCIPLES OF PYROTECHNICS
by
A.A. Shidlovsky
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This is a serious text for people who take their pyrotechnics seriously. Written in 1964 by the eminent Russian scientist I. I. Shidlovsky, the book was designed as a textbook to be used in colleges teaching chemistry. It immediately acquired worldwide attention and the reason is simple: it is the only textbook of its kind in the world! Shidlovsky explains the work in the Preface: The book presents the general theoretical principles of pyrotechnics and modern methods of preparation and calculation of pyrotechnic compositions, and gives information on the properties of various types of pyrotechnic compositions. |
He continues: It provides detailed descriptions of the properties of the components, fuels, and oxidizers; considerable attention is given to the physical nature of the combustion processes. The properties of various types of pyrotechnic compositions (illumination and ignition compositions, solid rocket fuel compositions are discussed.
He concludes: This is a textbook for students in technological colleges. It may also be of interest to industrial scientific personnel, and engineers working in the area of pyrotechnics and related areas (explosives, powder, rocket design, etc.) The author had divided the book into two parts. The first part offers a classification of pyrotechnic compositions, and data on the principles of their development, and lays out the physicochemical properties common to all pyrotechnic compositions. In the second part he deals with individual pyrotechnic compositions, their specific properties, and requirements placed on them.
There are twenty-three chapters, beginning with "General Concepts of Pyrotechnic Agents & Pyrotechnic Compositions" and ending with "Principles of Technology of Pyrotechnic Production". He covers illuminating compositions, photoflash mixtures, tracer compositions, flare compositions, incendiary compositions, smoke, colored smoke, solid fuels, ignition compositions, and rocket fuels. Along the way a great deal of information is given on fuels, oxidizers and binders, their characteristics, handling, etc.
This version of Principles of Pyrotechnics was prepared from original translations of the Russian text that was done by the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force. We compared each paragraph, each table, in both translations and selected the better text. Then we asked Dr. Ken Kosanke of PyroLabs Inc. to prepare an index from that text. The text, the 300 references, and the index have resulted in a magnificent textbook that every serious pyrotechnist will want in his library, and that will provide an easy-to-use reference source well into the future.
270 pages, 8½x11", perfect bound, illustrated and indexed.
The ultimate reference source for the pyrotechnist who takes his work seriously.
Table of Contents
PART ONE
1. General concept of Pyrotechnic Agents and Pyrotechnic compositions.
2. Oxidizers.
3. Fuel substances.
4. Methods of compaction of compositions and test of the strength of pellets. Organic polymer Binders.
5. Principles of formulation and calculation of pyrotechnics compositions.
6. Heat of combustion of pyrotechnic compositions.
7. Gaseous combustion products of pyrotechnic compositions.
8. Combustion temperature of pyrotechnic compositions.
9. Sensitivity of pyrotechnic compositions.
10. Mechanism of combustion and factors affecting the rate of combustion of pyrotechnic compositions.
11. Explosive properties of pyrotechnic compositions.
12. Physical and chemical stability of pyrotechnic compositions.
PART TWO
13. Illumination compositions.
14. Photomixtures.
15. Tracer Compositions.
16. Signal-flare compositions.
17. Incendiary compositions.
18. Compositions of smoke-screen.
19. Compositions of colored smokes.
20. Solid pyrotechnic fuels.
21. Ignition compositions, other types of pyrotechnic compositions.
22. Use of pyrotechnic compositions in the national economy.
23. Principles of technology of pyrotechnic production.
Brief sketch of the history of development of pyrotechnics in Russia.
Appendices
heat of formation of oxides, fluorides, chlorides, and sulfides of certain elements.
Formulas of delay compositions after Ellern.
Average values of pressure and temperature at different heights of moderate latitudes.
heat of formation of oxides as a function of the atomic number of the element.
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