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Risk Assessment and Security for Pipelines, Tunnels, and Underground Rail and Transit Operations
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Risk Assessment and Security for Pipelines, Tunnels, and Underground Rail and Transit Operations

by Anna M. Doro-on
June 2014
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
414 pages
14h 2m
English
CRC Press
Content preview from Risk Assessment and Security for Pipelines, Tunnels, and Underground Rail and Transit Operations
Hazards, Terrorism, and Weapons of Mass Destruction25
Table 2.13 Characteristics and Specications of Nitroglycerin
Color: Yellow oil
CAS number: 55-63-0
Empirical formula: C
3
H
5
N
3
O
9
Molecular weight: 227.1
Energy of formation: −1539.8 kJ/kg
Enthalpy of formation: −1632.4 kJ/kg
Optimum oxygen balance: +3.5%
Optimum nitrogen content: 18.50%
Volume of explosion gases: 716 L/kg
Heat of explosion
(H
2
O liquid): 6671 kJ/kg
(H
2
O gas): 6214 kJ/kg
Specic energy: 1045 kJ/kg
Density: 1.591 g/cm
3
Solidication point: +13.2°C (stable modication),+2.2°C
(unstable modication)
Specic heat: 1.3 kJ/kg
Lead block test: 520 cm
3
/10 g
Detonation velocity, conned: 7600 m/s
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ISBN: 9781466569324