EXPLOSIONS IN CLOSED VESSELS: Thermal expansion -- Branching-chain explosions -- The chain-thermal, or unified, theory -- FLAMES AND COMBUSTION WAVES: Pre-mixed flames -- Diffusion flames -- DETONATION WAVES IN GASES: Shock waves -- One-dimensional structure of detonation waves -- Mathematical treatment of detonation -- Three-dimensional structure of detonations -- Initiation of detonation -- THE CHEMISTRY OF COMBUSTION: Description of important reactions -- The hydrogen-oxygen reaction -- The oxidation of carbon monoxide -- Other oxidation reactions -- COMBUSTION OF HYDROCARBONS: Characteristics of hydrocarbon combustion -- Degenerate branching -- Summary of predominant reactions -- Chain cycles in slow combustion -- The oxidation of hydrocarbons -- SPECIAL ASPECTS OF GASEOUS COMBUSTION: Emission of light -- Ionization -- Carbon formation -- Cool flames, ignition and mathematical modelling -- COMBUSTION IN MIXED AND CONDENSED PHASES: Reaction in solids -- Reactions in mixed phases -- HIGH EXPLOSIVES: Explosive materials -- Military explosives -- Detonators -- Blasting -- Shaped charges -- Air-blast -- ROCKET PROPULSION: The expansion nozzle -- Impulse of rocket engines -- Choice of propellant system -- Classification of propellants -- Performance of typical liquid propellants -- Solid propellants -- Ignition delays -- INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES: The spark-ignition engine -- The diesel engine -- Gas turbine and jet engines -- HEATING APPLICATIONS: Gas burners -- Oil burners -- Pulverized coal burners -- Fluidized-bed combustion -- Solid fuel beds -- COMBUSTION AND THE ENVIRONMENT: Combustion-generated pollution -- Combustion hazards.
