Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Explosives go boom

The chemistry of explosives is always a fascinating subject. What better way to convey explosiveness than with concentric circles of orange, yellow and white?



Reference: Martin Rahmm and Tore Brinck, "On the Anomalous Decomposition and Reactivity of Ammonium and Potassium Dinitramide", J. Phys. Chem. A, 2010, 114 (8), pp 2845–2854, doi:10.1021/jp911277r

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