Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.

Mannitol hexanitrate is a powerful explosive. Physically it is a powdery solid at normal temperature ranges with density of 1.6 g/cm3. The chemical name is hexanitromannitol and it is also known as nitromannite MHN and nitromannitol and by the trademarks Nitranitol and Mannitrin. It is less stable than nitroglycerin and it is used in detonators.Mannitol hexanitrate is a secondary explosive formed by the nitration of mannitol a sugar alcohol.

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FDA UNII code
99AU28W1G9
IUPAC name
(2R3R4R5R)-Hexane-123456-hexol-123456-hexanitrate

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