Trinitro-s-triazine

Nonaqueous Titration Method for Determination of the Purity of Hexahydro-l,3.5-Trinitro-s-Triazine , AnalChem 27, 292—5 (1955)... 

The investigation into the sabotage of Pan Am Flight 103, which left 269 dead, indicated that the explosive used was Semtex H, a plasticized mixture of hexahydro-l,3,5-trinitro-s-triazine and pentaerythritol tetranitrate, and that the amount used was half the quantity that the fledgling technique of Thermal Neutron Analysis (TNA) was designed to detect. Although the placement of the explosive device was fortuitous (from the terrorists point of view) and the suitcase had not been screened by TNA, this event killed the TNA prototype program. 

These are common abbreviations for the following TNT 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene AN ammonium nitrate PETN pentaerythritol tetranitrate HMX octahydro-l,3,5,7,-tetranitro-l,3,4,5-tetrazocine RDX hexahydro-l,3,5-trinitro-s-triazine HMTD hexamethylene triperoxide diamine TATP triacetone triperoxide. 

Cyclonite or RDX is called Hexahydro-1,3.5 trinitro s-triazine by Feigl(p 489)- The test is described in this volume under Cydotrimethyl-enetrimitrosamine, Analtyical Procedures Black Powder and Some Other Explosives. 

Determination of Hexahydro-l,3 5 trinitro-s-triazine (RDX) in Admixture with Octahydro -1, 3, 5> 7 - tetranitro-s-triazine (HMX) by Nonaque ous Titration inMixtures , AnalChem 36, 895 96 (1964) 6) E.F. Reese, "Resume of Analytical Methods for the Determination of RDX and HMX, from 1943-1965 , PATR 3309 (1965) 7)US Specification MIL-R-398C(l)(Ord) 8)Addnl Ref A.B. Bofors Nobelkrut, "Analytical Methods for Powders and Explosives, Bofors, Sweden( I960), pp 199 200... 

Methylene-bis-( 4-chlorophenol) Hexahydro-l,3,5-trinitro-S-triazine (hexogen)... 

Chemical Names Hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-s-triazine, cyclotrimethyl-... 

HEXAHYDRO-l,3,S-TRINITRO-l,3,S-TRIAZINE or HEXAHYDRO-1,3,5-TRINITRO-s-TRIAZINE (121-82-4) CjH NjO Dry material is highly explosive... 

HEXAHYDRO-l,3,S-TRINITRO-U -TiaAZINE or HEXAHYDRO-l S-TRINITRO-s-TRIAZINE (121-82-4) Usually moistened with up to 15% water to reduce the risk of explosion. Dry material is high explosive (50% more powerful than TNT). Contact with mercury fulminate can cause detonation. Contact with combustible materials, strong acids, strong oxidizers, isopropyl percarbonate, nitrosyl perchlorate may cause fire and explosion. Incompatible with aldehydes, acids, cellulose nitrate (of high surface area), cresols, isocyanates, nitrates, nitric acid, organic anhydrides, phenols, sulfuric acid. 

Beilstein Handbook Reference) BRN 0288466 CX 84A Cyclonite Cyclotrimethylene-nitramine Cykionit EINECS 204-500-1 Esaidro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazma Geksogen Heksogen Hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-s-triazine Hexahydro-1.3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-... 

Karpowicz R. J. and Brill T. B., Comparison of the molecular structure of hexahydro-1, 3,5-trinitro-s-triazine in the vapor, solution and solid phases, J. Phys. Chem., 88, 348-352, 1984. 

Hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-s-triazine. A Fourier Transform Infrared Study of an Energetic Material I EC Product Research and Development 22, 363-365. 

The cyclic nitramines, octahydro-l,3,5,7-tetranitro-l,3,5,7-tetrazocine HMX (I) and hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-s-triazine RDX (II),... 

Rauch, F.C. and Fanelli, AJ., (1969), "The Thermal Decomposition Kinetics of Hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-s-triazine above the Melting Point Evidence for Both a Gas Phase and Liquid Phase Decomposition", J. Phys. Chem., 73, pp. 1604 - 1608. 

Kishore, K. (1977) "Thermal decomposition studies on Hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-s-triazine (RDX) by differential scanning calorimetry", Propellants and Explosives 2, 78-81. 

K. Kishore, "Thermal Decomposition Studies on Hexahydro—1,3,5— trinitro—s—triazine (RDX) by Differential Scanning Calorimetry", Propellants Explos.. 2, 81-84 (1979). 

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