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<p><b>Explosives engineering</b> is the field of <a href="Science" title="Science">science</a> and <a href="Engineering" title="Engineering">engineering</a> which is related to examining the behavior and usage of <a href="Explosive_materials" class="mw-redirect" title="Explosive materials">explosive materials</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Cooper_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cooper-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<p>Some of the topics that explosives engineers study, research, and work on include:
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<ul><li>Development and characterization of new <a href="Explosive_materials" class="mw-redirect" title="Explosive materials">explosive materials</a> in <a href="Use_forms_of_explosives" title="Use forms of explosives">various forms</a></li>
<li>Analysis of the physical process of <a href="Detonation" title="Detonation">detonation</a></li>
<li>Explosive generated <a href="Shock_wave" title="Shock wave">shock waves</a> and their effects on materials</li>
<li><a href="Safety_testing_of_explosives" title="Safety testing of explosives">Safety testing of explosives</a></li>
<li>Analysis and engineering of <a href="Rock_blasting" class="mw-redirect" title="Rock blasting">rock blasting</a> for <a href="Mining" title="Mining">mining</a></li>
<li>Design and analysis of <a href="Shaped_charges" class="mw-redirect" title="Shaped charges">shaped charges</a> and <a href="Reactive_armor" class="mw-redirect" title="Reactive armor">reactive armor</a></li>
<li>Design, analysis and application of military explosives such as <a href="Grenade" title="Grenade">grenades</a>, <a href="Land_mine" title="Land mine">mines</a>, <a href="Artillery_shell" class="mw-redirect" title="Artillery shell">shells</a>, <a href="Aerial_bomb" title="Aerial bomb">aerial bombs</a>, missile <a href="Warhead" title="Warhead">warheads</a>, etc.</li>
<li><a href="Bomb_disposal" title="Bomb disposal">Bomb disposal</a></li>
<li><a href="Drilling_and_blasting" title="Drilling and blasting">Drilling and blasting</a></li>
<li><a href="Demolition" title="Demolition">Demolition</a></li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organizations">Organizations</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="International_Society_for_Explosive_Engineers" class="mw-redirect" title="International Society for Explosive Engineers">International Society of Explosives Engineers (ISEE)</a></li>
<li>Missouri University of Science and Technology<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li>New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (New Mexico Tech)</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2></div>
<p>The film <a href="The_Hurt_Locker" title="The Hurt Locker">The Hurt Locker</a> follows an Iraq War Explosive Ordnance Disposal team who are targeted by insurgents and shows their psychological reactions to the stress of combat.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="Explosives" class="mw-redirect" title="Explosives">Explosives</a></li>
<li><a href="Chapman%E2%80%93Jouguet_condition" title="Chapman–Jouguet condition">Chapman–Jouguet condition</a></li>
<li><a href="Chemistry" title="Chemistry">Chemistry</a></li>
<li><a href="Civil_engineer" title="Civil engineer">Civil engineer</a></li>
<li><a href="Chemical_engineer" title="Chemical engineer">Chemical engineer</a></li>
<li><a href="Gurney_equations" title="Gurney equations">Gurney equations</a></li>
<li><a href="Material_science" class="mw-redirect" title="Material science">Material science</a></li>
<li><a href="Physics" title="Physics">Physics</a></li>
<li><a href="Drilling_and_blasting" title="Drilling and blasting">Drilling and blasting</a></li></ul>
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</style><cite id="CITEREFCooper1996" class="citation book cs1">Cooper, Paul W. (1996). <i>Explosives Engineering</i>. Wiley-VCH. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>0-471-18636-8</bdi>.</cite></span>
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