nitroguanidine
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Nitroguanidine - sometimes abbreviated NQ or NGu - is a colorless, crystalline solid that decomposes at , without melting. Nitroguanidine is an extremely insensitive but powerful high explosive. Nitroguanidine is used as an energetic material (propellant or high explosive), precursor for insecticides, and for other purposes.
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- Mass
- 104.033425
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- chemical formula
- CH₄N₄O₂
- Commons category
- Nitroguanidine
- canonical SMILES
- C(=N[N+](=O)[O-])(N)N
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Nitroguanidine - sometimes abbreviated NQ or NGu - is a colorless, crystalline solid that decomposes at , without melting. Nitroguanidine is an extremely insensitive but powerful high explosive. Nitroguanidine is used as an energetic material (propellant or high explosive), precursor for insecticides, and for other purposes.
==Manufacture== Nitroguanidine is produced worldwide on a large scale starting with the reaction of dicyandiamide (DCD) with ammonium nitrate to afford the salt guanidinium nitrate, which is then nitrated by treatment with concentrated sulfuric acid at low temperature.