Nitroglycerine structural formula

By considering the structural formula of TNT (5.1) and of nitroglycerine (5.2) the proportion of oxygen in each molecule can be calculated and compared with the amount of oxygen required for complete oxidation of the fuel elements, i.e. hydrogen and carbon. 

PROBLEM 15.10 Alfred Nobel s fortune was based on his 1866 discovery that nitroglycerin, which is far too shock-sensitive to be transported or used safely, can be stabilized by adsorption onto a substance called kieselguhr to give what is familiar to us as dynamite. Nitroglycerin is the trinitrate of glycerol (1,2,3-propanetriol). Write a structural formula or construct a molecular model of nitroglycerin. 

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To study the detonation of liquid explosives and its spreading/transportation, nitromethane, nitroglycerine, diethyleneglycol dinitrate, and methyl nitrite are designed as the objectives of liquid explosives to study the chemical dynamics and the complex unsteady process of shock waves combustion. These phenomena determine the structure of detonation wave fronts and spreading limit of detonation waves. They help to clear the flow dynamics of wave fronts, and refer suggestions for the formula of liquid explosives, study and application of equipment features. They help to improve and perfect the detonation theory. 

TNT and picric acid have been replaced gradually by tetryl, RDX, and nitroglycerine (Section 9-11). On the research front, chemists are continuing to explore novel structures. A case in point is octanitrocubane, synthesized in 2000, in which ring strain adds to the brisance of the compound. Its molecular formula, CgNgOig, indicates the potential to generate 8 CO2 -f 4 N2 molecules, with an associated 1150-fold volume expansion. A recent example from 2012 is the exotic salt TKX-50, in which two lone carbon atoms are surrounded by 10 nitrogens and the equivalent of 4 H2O moieties. 

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