Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
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 and friction it was relatively stable compared to other initiating explosives of the time such as mercury fulminate and proved to be relatively inexpensive and easy to synthesise. As such it was quickly taken up as a primary explosive in mining applications.
