Energetic materials are a class of
materialMaterial is synonymous with substance, and is anything made of matter hydrogen, air and water are all examples of materials. Sometimes the term "material" is used more narrowly to refer to substances or components with certain physical properties that are used as inputs to production or manufacturing...
with high amount of stored chemical energy that can be released.
http://undergradresearch.missouri.edu/forums-conferences/abstracts/abstract-detail.php?abstractid=843
Typical classes of energetic materials are e.g.
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Energetic materials are a class of
materialMaterial is synonymous with substance, and is anything made of matter hydrogen, air and water are all examples of materials. Sometimes the term "material" is used more narrowly to refer to substances or components with certain physical properties that are used as inputs to production or manufacturing...
with high amount of stored chemical energy that can be released.
http://undergradresearch.missouri.edu/forums-conferences/abstracts/abstract-detail.php?abstractid=843
Typical classes of energetic materials are e.g. explosives,
pyrotechnic compositionA pyrotechnic composition is a substance or mixture of substances designed to produce an effect by heat, light, sound, gas or smoke or a combination of these, as a result of non-detonative self-sustaining exothermic chemical reactions...
s,
propellantA propellant is a material that is used to move an object. This will often involve a chemical reaction. It may be a gas, liquid, plasma, or, before the chemical reaction, a solid....
s (e.g. smokeless gunpowders and rocket fuels), and
fuelFuel is any material that is burned or altered to obtain energy and to heat or to move object. Fuel releases its energy either through a chemical reaction means, such as combustion, or nuclear means, such as nuclear fission or nuclear fusion...
s (e.g. diesel fuel and
gasolineGasoline or petrol is a petroleum-derived liquid mixture, primarily used as fuel in internal combustion engines...
).