The Preparatory Manual of Explosives

Book excerpt: The Preparatory Manual of Explosives: Radical, Extreme, Experimental Explosives Chemistry Vol.1 is broken down into Section 1: a) Introduction; b) Dual bonding; c) The Element Nitrogen; d) The element oxygen; e) The element chlorine; f) Introduction to filtration; 1) Gravity filtration; a) Fluting Filter Paper for use in gravity filtration; 2) Vacuum Filtration (suction filtration); a) General Laboratory Techniques: Methods of heating; 1) Free flame; 2) Steam bath, or water bath; 3) Oil bath; 4) Electric Heating Mantles; 5) Hot Plates; a) Methods of Cooling; 1) Cold water bath; 2) Ice water bath; 3) Standard ice bath; 4) Salt/ice bath; 5) Dry ice/acetone bath; a) Cooling tricks of the trade; b) Recrystallization, and solid product recovery; c) Recrystallization; 1) General recrystallization utilizing heat only; a) Working example of recrystallization using heat only; 2) Recrystallization using seed crystals; 3) Recovering the product through low heat and vacuum; a) Washing liquids; b) Washing solids using non-vacuum techniques; c) Washing solids using vacuum techniques; d) Drying solids; e) Drying liquids to remove water; f) Laboratory safety; g) Laboratory glassware; h) Laboratory equipment; Section 2: Intermediates, Reagents, and Solvents; Section 3: Experimental Explosives Chemistry; Theoretical Preparation 1: 1,3,5-trinitrohexazinane; Azinane; Theoretical Preparation 2: trisodium hexazinane-1,3,5-triide; SOD; Theoretical Preparation 3: 3,3',3''-hexazinane-1,3,5-triyltris(triaza-1,2-dien-2-ium-1-ide); HEXAAZIDE; HTA; Theoretical Preparation 4: diammonium trioxidane-1,3-diide; diammonium trioxide; DATD; Theoretical Preparation 5: 3,3'-trioxidane-1,3-diylbis(triaza-1,2-dien-2-ium-1-ide); TDTD; Theoretical Preparation 6: benzene-1,3,5-triyltris(chlorane) nonaoxide; BTCN; Chlorane; Theoretical Preparation 7: 2,4,6-trinitro-1,3,5,2,4,6-trioxatriazinane; TNTOTA; oxatriazinane; Theoretical Preparation 8: (2,4,6-trinitrobenzene-1,3,5-triyl)tris(chlorane) nonaoxide; Chlorane; Theoretical Preparation 9: 1,3,5-triazido-2,4,6-trinitrobenzene; Nitrazide; TATNB; Theoretical Preparation 10: 1,3,5-trinitrohexasilinane; nitrosilane; 2-TNHS; Theoretical Preparation 11: 1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-tris(nitrooxy)hexasilinane-1,3,5-triium; TNNHS; Si-135; Theoretical Preparation 12: 1,3,5-trinitrohexaphosphinane; TNHP; High Explosive Phosphorus; Theoretical Preparation 13: pentanitro-l5-phosphane; 5-PNP; Theoretical Preparation 14: trinitroamine oxide; TNAOX; NITROXIDE; Theoretical Preparation 15: pentachloryl-l5-phosphane; Theoretical Preparation 16: Tetranitrodiborane; TNDB; Nitro Boron; Theoretical Preparation 17: 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexanitrocyclohexaborane; KNCHB; 6-Nitrocycloborane; Theoretical Preparation 18: N'-perchlorylperchloric hydrazide; N'PCPH, Perchloryl hydrazine; Theoretical Preparation 19: tetranitrohydrazine; TNH-X; Theoretical Preparation 20: hexaaza-1,2,4,5-tetraene-2,5-diium-1,6-diide; Hexazide; HTDD; Theoretical Preparation 21: hexaazidobenzene; HAAB; 6-Azide; Theoretical Preparation 22: 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexanitro-1l4,2l4,3l4,4l4,5l4,6l4-hexathiine; Nitro hexathiine; Gamma-HNH; Theoretical Preparation 23: pentakis(dioxidobromanyl)-l5-chlorane; Chlorane; pentabromate chloride; PDDBC; Theoretical Preparation 24: hexa-1,3,5-triyne-1,6-diyl dinitrate; HTDD; poly acetylene dinitrate; Theoretical Preparation 25: 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexanitrohexa-1,3,5-triene-1,6-diyl dinitrate; HNHTDD; Hexanitro-Triene; Triene dinitrate; Theoretical Preparation 26: (1Z,3E,5Z)-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexaazidohexa-1,3,5-triene-1,6-diyl dinitrate; EZ-Azido Triene; HAHTDN; Theoretical Preparation 27: 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexafluoro-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexaperchlorylhexane-1,6-diyl dinitrate; Fluoroperchlorylhexane; HFGPHDD; Theoretical Preparation 28: 3,3':4',3''-ter-1,2-dioxetane-4,4''-diyl dinitrate; Dioxetane; Dioxetane dinitrate; ter-DDD; Theoretical Preparation 29: 2H,3'H,3"H-2,2':3',2"-teraluminum-3,3"-diyl dinitrate; Aluminum-3H-dinitrate; Aluminum-3-3-dinitrate; 2H'3H'-Aluminum d