Nitrogen-Rich Energetic Materials
Provides in-depth and comprehensive knowledge on both the chemistry and practical applications of nitrogen-rich energetic materials
Energetic materials, a class of material with high amounts of stored chemical energy, include explosives, pyrotechnics, and propellants. Initially used for military applications, nitrogen-rich energetic materials have become important in the civil engineering and aerospace sectors, they are increasingly used in commercial mining and construction as well as in rocket propulsion. Making these nitrogen-rich energetic materials safer, more powerful, and more cost-effective requires a thorough understanding of their chemistry, physics, synthesis, properties, and applications.
Nitrogen-Rich Energetic Materials presents a detailed summary of the development of nitrogen-rich energetic materials over the past decade and provides up-to-date knowledge on their applications in various areas of advanced engineering. Edited by a panel of international experts in the field, this book examines the chemistry of pentazoles, fused ring and laser ignitable nitrogen-rich compounds, polynitrogen and tetrazole-based energetic compounds, and more. The text also introduces applications of nitrogen-rich energetic materials in energetic polymers and metal-organic frameworks, as pyrotechnics materials for light and smoke, and in oxadiazoles from precursor molecules. This authoritative volume:
- Presents in-depth chapters written by leading experts in each sub-field covered
- Offers a systematic introduction to new and emerging applications of nitrogen-rich energetic materials such as in computational chemistry
- Discusses recent advances in nitrate ester chemistry with focus on propellant applications
- Discusses green and eco-friendly approaches to nitrogen-rich compounds
Nitrogen-Rich Energetic Materials is an important resource for researchers, academics, and industry professionals across fields, including explosives specialists, pyrotechnicians, materials scientists, polymer chemists, laser specialists, physical chemists, environmental chemists, chemical engineers, and safety officers.
Prof. Michael Gozin is a Faculty Member of the School of Chemistry (Faculty of Exact Sciences) at the Tel Aviv University (TAU) in Tel Aviv, Israel. He has B.Sc. degree in chemistry from the Hebrew University (Jerusalem) and M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Organic Chemistry from the Weizmann Institute of Science (Rehovot, Israel). Prior joining the TAU, Prof. Gozin had several industrial positions in PeproTech (NJ, US) and Clinical Microsensors (CA, US). He was also a Chairman of the National Committee in Chemistry and Materials of the Israeli National Institute of Standards. Prof. Gozin has authored over 90 scientific publications, 19 patents and patent applications, a book chapter. Prof. Gozin is an Editor-in-Chief of the Energetic Materials Frontiers journal and an Editorial Board member of Defence Technology journal.
Prof. Leonid L. Fershtat graduated from the D. I. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology in 2012 (Faculty of the Higher Chemical College of the Russian Academy of Sciences). He received his Ph.D. degree from the N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry (the Russian Academy of Sciences) in 2015. He continued his research at the same institute and obtained his habilitation in organic chemistry in 2020. Prof. Fershtat has authored over 50 scientific publications and he is an Editorial Board Member of the Defence Technology and Energetic Materials Frontiers journals. Scientific interests of Prof. Fershtat include development of novel synthetic methodologies for preparation of nitrogen-containing heterocycles, and search for pharmacologically active and high energy heterocyclic compounds.
