Pentavalent Nitrogen

A high explosive formed from nitrogen. (Read the full article)

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"Interesting to note that modern high eenergy density research is looking at H4 and O8 (like sulphur rings)"
( 7/10/2006 4:00:30 PM )
"Actually pentavalent nitrogen has been known for a long time. Here is a reference to a paper in 1930: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=526632 Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1930 April 15; 16(4): 288–293. PENTAVALENT NITROGEN IN ORGANIC COMPOUNDS* Wilder D. Bancroft and C. E. Barnett"
(The Pixie 12/19/2007 8:00:42 AM )
"Properly speaking, Doc Smith never came up with this idea; it was someone else. He developed the (never explained) duodecaplyatomate explosive, a chemical explosive with the energy of a nuclear weapon."
(Teleros 2/11/2011 2:23:09 AM )

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