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acetone peroxide

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Also known as Mother of Satan, peroxyacetone, TATP

mixture

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Subclass of
mixture
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Acetone peroxide
explosive velocity
5300
density
1.18
discoverer or inventor
Richard Wolffenstein
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Encyclopedic overview

Names

IUPAC names 3,3-Dimethyl-1,2-dioxacyclopropane (monomer) 3,3,6,6-Tetramethyl-1,2,4,5-tetraoxane (dimer) 3,3,6,6,9,9-Hexamethyl-1,2,4,5,7,8-hexaoxacyclononane (trimer) 3,3,6,6,9,9,12,12-Octamethyl-1,2,4,5,7,8,10,11-octaoxacyclododecane (tetramer)

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