{"id":1006,"date":"2009-11-14T13:48:49","date_gmt":"2009-11-14T13:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jpyro.com\/wp\/?p=1006"},"modified":"2009-11-14T13:55:21","modified_gmt":"2009-11-14T13:55:21","slug":"book-review-initiation-of-explosives-pyrotechnic-materials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/?p=1006","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Initiation of Explosives &#038; Pyrotechnic Materials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By: <strong>Jean-Rene Duguet &#8211; R&amp;D Manager and Consultant in Pyrotechnics.<\/strong><br \/>\nPreface by: <strong>Dr Attie Goosen<br \/>\n<\/strong>Published by: <strong>Cultures et Techniques<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"mailto:cultures.techniques@hotmail.fr\">cultures.techniques@hotmail.fr<\/a><br \/>\nISBN: <strong>978-2-918209-02-7<\/strong><br \/>\nPrice: <strong>50Euros<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This small paperback book is packed with information on the chemistry and mechanics of initiation and has extensive chapters on:-<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>General outline<\/li>\n<li>Explosives and Production Processes<\/li>\n<li>Initaitors and Related Devices<\/li>\n<li>Metrology and Safety<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There is extensive detail of the physical characteristics of initiating substances, together with formulations and a good section on sensitivity of various initiating explosives.\u00a0 However the book is somewhat frustrating in so much that the scale and clarity of diagrams and images varies widely, and chemical formulae are inconsistently portrayed.\u00a0 It is also expensive for a 221page paperback (50 Euros) and I felt that I could have certainly lived with a smaller and more consistent typeface throughout if it left more room for bigger diagrams or had reduced the size and price of the book as a result.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless I would recommend this book for the bookshelves of practitioners in almost any area of pyrotechnics and explosives &#8211; initiation is often poorly understood, and this book does much to inform the reader in this most important subject.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reviewed by Dr Tom Smith &#8211; Davas Ltd<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Jean-Rene Duguet &#8211; R&amp;D Manager and Consultant in Pyrotechnics. Preface by: Dr Attie Goosen Published by: Cultures et Techniques &#8211; cultures.techniques@hotmail.fr ISBN: 978-2-918209-02-7 Price: 50Euros This small paperback book is packed with information on the chemistry and mechanics of initiation and has extensive chapters on:- General outline Explosives and Production Processes Initaitors and Related &hellip;<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/?p=1006\" class=\"more-link pen_button pen_element_default pen_icon_arrow_double\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Book Review: Initiation of Explosives &#038; Pyrotechnic Materials<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[24,32],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1006"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1006"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1008,"href":"http:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1006\/revisions\/1008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}