Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics is a bi-monthly peer-reviewed chemistry

Chemistry

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 journal

Scientific journal

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 that covers all disciplines of explosives. Its impact factor

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 is 1.122 (in 2007).. It is a journal of the International Pyrotechnics Society

International Pyrotechnics Society

- Introduction :Apart from homogeneous Energetic Materials such as High Explosives and Propellants those materials constituted from separate fuel and oxidizer particles are called pyrolants or more commonly Pyrotechnics...

 and is published by Wiley-VCH

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Besides original research in the form full papers communications, the journal contains review-type articles and a section dealing with (news, obituaries, book reviews, conference reports). Colloquially, the journal is simply called "PEP". It is edited by Peter Elsner director of Fraunhofer-Institut für Chemische Technologie (ICT)/Germany, Norbert Eisenreich/ICT and Randall L. Simpson of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

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(LLNL)/USA.

The journal publishes between 60 - 65 papers per year and has a content of 450 - 500 pages.