energetic material

{{Short description|Stored chemical energy that can be released}}

Energetic materials are a class of material with high amount of stored chemical energy that can be released.{{cite web |url=http://undergradresearch.missouri.edu/forums-conferences/abstracts/abstract-detail.php?abstractid=843 |title=Abstract detail | Undergraduate Research |website=undergradresearch.missouri.edu |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720000157/http://undergradresearch.missouri.edu/forums-conferences/abstracts/abstract-detail.php?abstractid=843 |archive-date=20 July 2011 |url-status=dead}}

Typical classes of energetic materials are e.g. explosives, pyrotechnic compositions, propellants (e.g. smokeless gunpowders and rocket fuels), and fuels (e.g. diesel fuel and gasoline).