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What did actually happen when Staudinger tried to synthesise diamond?
It is a famous reaction that used to be a teaching lab experiment, but is now banned in Germany, because it is too dangerous. To quote-translate quite liberally from the German www.seilnacht.com:
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Serious introduction to the chemistry of explosives recommendation
I'm looking for a serious introduction to the chemistry (and perhaps to a lesser extend the physics) of explosives. Presupposition of basic university courses in Organic Chemistry and Thermodynamics ...
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Products of HMTD decomposition
Hexamethylene triperoxide diamine, "Hex" for short, is an explosive organic compound.
I want to know the products of this reaction:
$$\ce{C_6H_{12}N_2O_6 -> ? + Energy}$$
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