| Preface Akira B. Sawaoka, |
| Chapter 1 SHOCK COMPRESSIONS OF MATERIALS AND NEW MATERIALS SYNTHESIS Akira B. Sawaoka, 1 |
| Chapter 2 EXPLOSIVE TECHNIQUE FOR GENERATION OF HIGH DYNAMIC PRESSURE Shuzo Fujiwara, 7 |
| Chapter 3 TWO-STAGE LIGHT GAS GUN AS A HIGH PRESSURE TOOL FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE STUDY Akira B. Sawaoka, 23 |
| Chapter 4 A LAUNCH OF A PROJECTILE BY A TWO-STAGE LIGHT GAS GUN AND ITS OPTICAL OBSERVATION Kunio Soga and Masao Shirouzu, 33 |
| Chapter 5 RAIL GUN DEVELOPMENT AT TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Shu Usuba, Ken-ichi Kondo, and Akira B. Sawaoka, 49 |
| Chapter 6 POWER SOURCES AND DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM FOR RAILGUN Yozo Kakudate, Shu Usuba, Masatake Yoshida, Katutoshi Aoki, Katsumi Tanaka, and Shyuzo Fujiwara, 67 |
| Chapter 7 DIAMOND AND CUBIC BORON NITRIDE SYNTHESIS BY MEANS OF SHOCK-COMPRESSION Nobuo Setaka and Tadao Sato, 87 |
| Chapter 8 CHEMICAL EFFECTS OF SHOCK WAVES IN SOLIDS Yasuhiko Syono, 103 |
| Preface Akira B. Sawaoka, |
| Chapter 1 SHOCK COMPRESSIONS OF MATERIALS AND NEW MATERIALS SYNTHESIS Akira B. Sawaoka, 1 |
| Chapter 2 EXPLOSIVE TECHNIQUE FOR GENERATION OF HIGH DYNAMIC PRESSURE Shuzo Fujiwara, 7 |
| Chapter 3 TWO-STAGE LIGHT GAS GUN AS A HIGH PRESSURE TOOL FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE STUDY Akira B. Sawaoka, 23 |
| Chapter 4 A LAUNCH OF A PROJECTILE BY A TWO-STAGE LIGHT GAS GUN AND ITS OPTICAL OBSERVATION Kunio Soga and Masao Shirouzu, 33 |
| Chapter 5 RAIL GUN DEVELOPMENT AT TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Shu Usuba, Ken-ichi Kondo, and Akira B. Sawaoka, 49 |
