Explosives: Past, Present and Future

Presented by
Professor Jacqueline Akhaven
Cranfield University
Head of the Centre for Defense Chemistry

Explosives have been part of our lives for many years with the first recording of an explosive powder being used in China in 220BC. In the 13th Century Roger Bacon experimented with explosives by making black powder and by the end of the 13th Century explosives were being used by many European countries.

Nowadays explosives are part of our everyday life; they are in airbags, ejector seats and fireworks as well as propulsion for space shuttles, demolition aids and under water cutting charges for off-shore gas lines.

Professor Jackie Akhavan introduces the various types of explosions and explains the conditions under which a chemical reaction becomes an explosive.

Lecture will take place at 7.30pm at Spalding Methodist Church, Broad Street [opposite the Museum]
The admission fee is £5 per person, payable on the door