G2ZT
Sign in to saveG2ZT is a bistetrazole. It is an explosive approximately as powerful as RDX, but releases biodegradable reaction products when detonated: ammonia and hydrogen cyanide. When combined with ADN or AN oxidizers, the amount of HCN produced by a deflagration may be reduced. The compound is thus considered by its advocates to be an environmentally friendlier explosive than traditional nitroamine-based explosives.
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- Mass
- 394.1771784480002
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- chemical formula
- C₆H₁₄N₂₂
- Commons category
- G2ZT
- canonical SMILES
- NN1C(N)=[NH+]N=C1N.NN1C(N)=[NH+]N=C1N.N1=NN=N[C-]1N=N[C-]2N=NN=N2
- isomeric SMILES
- N(=N/c1n[n-]n[nH+]1)\c1n[n-]n[nH+]1.N=c1[nH][nH]c(=N)n1N.N=c1[nH][nH]c(=N)n1N
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G2ZT is a bistetrazole. It is an explosive approximately as powerful as RDX, but releases biodegradable reaction products when detonated: ammonia and hydrogen cyanide. When combined with ADN or AN oxidizers, the amount of HCN produced by a deflagration may be reduced. The compound is thus considered by its advocates to be an environmentally friendlier explosive than traditional nitroamine-based explosives.
G2ZT is otherwise known as bis(3,4,5-triamino-1,2,4-triazolium) 5,5'-azotetrazolate.