Nitroguanidine secondary explosives

Secondary explosives (also known as high explosives) are different from primary explosives in that they cannot be detonated readily by heat or shock and are generally more powerful. Secondary explosives can be initiated to detonation only by a shock produced by the explosion of a primary explosive. Widely used secondary explosives include trinitrotoluene (TNT), tetryl, picric acid, nitrocellulose, nitroglycerine, nitroguanidine, cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine (RDX), cyclotetramethylenetetranit-... [Pg.52]

Examples of secondary explosives are TNT, tetryl, picric acid, nitrocellulose, nitroglycerine, nitroguanidine, RDX, HMX and TATB. Examples of commercial secondary explosives are blasting gelatine, guhr dynamite and 60% gelatine dynamite. [Pg.27]

HMX, or other secondary explosives. Nitroguanidine requires a significant detonator or booster for initiation. Nitroguanidine is also widely used in rocket propellants, and gun propellants. ... [Pg.361]

Table 3.1 The effect of density on the velocity of detonation for the primary explosive, mercury fulminate and secondary explosive, nitroguanidine...

Nitroguanidine Guanidine, Sulfuric acid, Water Secondary high explosive, Found in triple-base smokeless powders... [Pg.165]

Since C4 is an underoxidized explosive, the first candidate energetic materials considered are oxygen balanced or oxygen rich, nitroguanidine (NQ), and nitroglycerin (NG). Interestingly, lower fireball gas temperatures are predicted. This is because excess oxygen is entrained in the fireball which dilutes the secondary combustion. [Pg.83]

Big Chemical Encyclopedia