Find out how to make super-strong explosives at relatively low pressures

Sputnik led the study, published in the journal Physical Review B and the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. Russian chemists and physicists have found a way to make "perfect" explosives with all the magnetic properties. nitrogen, hafnium or chromium. Explosives can be obtained at relatively low pressures.

All good explosives, including TNT and Semtex, contain nitrogen.

All good explosives, including TNT and Semtex, contain nitrogen. By detonating the nitrogen atoms bonded in the stable N ₂ molecule, a large amount of energy is released. The more nitrogen atoms in a chemical compound and the stronger the bond between them, the greater the energy released.

For this reason, the strongest explosive would be a compound in which the nitrogen atoms that form when exploded form the cloud formed from pure nitrogen gas and the minimum amount of other compounds.

"This discovery allows us to find the ideal nitrogen molecules that make up high energy materials." Our team has already prepared a number of works related to polinitridium metal, which are promising layers for high energy. , requires lower pressure sequences than pure polymer nitrogen, " said Artem Oganov from Skolkovo Tech and MIPT.