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US Army Discovers New Explosive Material - "More Powerful Than TNT"
Hopefully the ChiComs don't steal this formula for a few years...[Zero Hedge] - After more than a 100 years of dominance, new research from the Los Alamos National Laboratory and the Army Research Laboratory have discovered a new, more powerful compound, Bis-oxadiazole (C6H4N6O8), which could render TNT obsolete. The molecular structure of Bis-oxadiazole. (Source: OPR&D) "It would be about 1.5 times the power of TNT," said David Chavez, an explosives chemist at Los Alamos who worked on the new molecule, who spoke with Popular Mechanics. "So fairly energetic, quite a nice improvement compared to TNT." Popular Mechanics first uncovered the report titled "Bis(1,2,4-oxadiazole) Bis(methylene) Dinitrate: A High-Energy Melt-Castable Explosive and Energetic Propellant Plasticizing Ingredient," which was published late last month in the Organic Process Research & Development, a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the American Chemical Society. Chavez told Popular Mechanics that TNT is a blend of the seemingly harmless elements carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen (C7H5N3O6). However, he compares the explosive compounds to gasoline, indicating that rather than extracting oxygen from the air to work as an oxidizer for combustion, like an engine, the explosives have all the ingredients for a powerful explosion within the compound. Perfect for those bunker buster bombs - get on with it! Posted by: Raj 2018-07-08 |
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