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Acknowledgements

While writing this book we have consulted innumerable research papers and books listed under

references. It is not possible to thank all writers/researchers/scientists individually, but we are

grateful to all those who have contributed to the cause of explosives and high energy materials

in any way.

The research and writing of this book would have been considerably more difficult if not

for the texts and reviews of some researchers/scientists. We found the following books/papers

invaluable and would like to express our sincere thank to their authors, contributors and

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