HHTDD (hexanitrohexaazatricyclododecanedione) is a powerful but moisture sensitive
explosive
An explosive (or explosive material) is a reactive substance that contains a great amount of potential energy that can produce an explosion if released suddenly, usually accompanied by the production of light, heat, sound, and pressure. An ex ...
compound. It is essentially an open analogue of the cyclic nitroamine cage compounds such as
CL-20. While it is highly explosive, with a
velocity of detonation
Explosive velocity, also known as detonation velocity or velocity of detonation (VoD), is the velocity at which the shock wave front travels through a detonation, detonated explosive. Explosive velocities are always higher than the local speed of s ...
even higher than that of CL-20, HHTDD readily decomposes in the presence of even trace amounts of water, making it unsuitable for any practical applications.
See also
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2,4,6-Tris(trinitromethyl)-1,3,5-triazine
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4,4’-Dinitro-3,3’-diazenofuroxan
4,4’-Dinitro-3,3’-diazenofuroxan (DDF) is a powerful experimental high explosive, with performance comparable to that of other high-density high-explosives such as octanitrocubane. It is synthesised by oxidative coupling of 4-amino-3-(azidoca ...
(DDF)
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Heptanitrocubane
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Octanitrocubane
Octanitrocubane (molecular formula: C8(NO2)8) is a proposed high explosive that, like TNT, is shock-insensitive (not readily detonated by shock). The octanitrocubane molecule has the same chemical structure as cubane (C8H8) except that each of th ...
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RE factor
TNT equivalent is a convention for expressing energy, typically used to describe the energy released in an explosion. A ton of TNT equivalent is a unit of energy defined by convention to be (). It is the approximate energy released in the det ...
References
Explosive chemicals
Nitroamines
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