Hexamethylene triperoxide diamine (HMTD) is a high explosive organic compound. The theorised structure lent itself well to acting as an initiating or primary explosive. While still quite sensitive to shock […]
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Tetrabromomethane
Tetrabromomethane CBr4 also known as carbon tetrabromide is a carbon bromide. Both names are acceptable under IUPAC nomenclature.
Tetrafluoromethane
Tetrafluoromethane also known as carbon tetrafluoride is the simplest fluorocarbon (CF4). It has a very high bond strength due to the nature of the carbon–fluorine bond. It can also be […]
Lead dioxide
Lead(IV) oxide commonly called lead dioxide or plumbic oxide is a chemical compound with the formula PbO2. It is an oxide where lead is in an oxidation state +4. It […]
Hexanitrostilbene
Hexanitrostilbene (HNS) also called JD-X is a heat resistant high explosive developed at the Naval Ordnance Laboratory in the 1960s. Other names include 11′-(12-ethenediyl)bis[246-trinitrobenzene]; 12-bis-(246-trinitrophenyl)-ethylene; hexanitrodiphenylethylene.It is commercially produced by […]
Temefos
Temefos or temephos (trade name Abate) is an organophosphate larvicide used to treat water infested with disease-carrying insects including mosquitoes midges and black fly larvae.As with other organophosphates temephos affects […]
Tin dioxide
Tin dioxide also known by the systematic name tin(IV) oxide and stannic oxide in the older notation is the inorganic compound with the formula SnO2. The mineral form of SnO2 […]
Bismuth(III) oxide
Bismuth(III) oxide is perhaps the most industrially important compound of bismuth. It is also a common starting point for bismuth chemistry. It is found naturally as the mineral bismite (monoclinic) […]
Maleic anhydride
Maleic anhydride is an organic compound with the formula C2H2(CO)2O. It is the acid anhydride of maleic acid. it is a colourless or white solid with an acrid odour. It […]
Luteolin
Luteolin is a flavone a type of flavonoid. Like all flavonoids it has a yellow crystalline appearance.