Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
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 oxidizing trinitrotoluene (TNT) with a solution of sodium hypochlorite. HNS boasts a higher insensitivity to heat than TNT and like TNT it is very insensitive to impact.
