The WiZard is In
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HNS the only explosive to make it to the moon
HNS/Teflon (90/10) is a new [1973] pressed explosive developed
for use in the APOLLO program........
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You seem to contradict yourself in regards to <a href="http://www.sciencemadness.org/talk/viewthread.php?tid=17012#pid216141">this
post</a>, unless I'm mistaken.
The Wizard is In said, "PLX is only used where its unique characteristic is useful,
the first (only) explosive used on the moon..."
U.T.F.S.E. and learn the joys of autodidacticism!
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The WiZard is In
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Quote: Originally posted by Bot0nist  | You seem to contradict yourself in regards to <a href="http://www.sciencemadness.org/talk/viewthread.php?tid=17012#pid216141">this
post</a>, unless I'm mistaken.
The Wizard is In said, "PLX is only used where its unique characteristic is useful,
the first (only) explosive used on the moon..."
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Granted it was poorly written. I should have made a second
sentence rather then using a comma.
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I was annoyed by the use of unspecified acronym.
HNS appears to be hexanitrostilbene: http://neyersoftware.com/Papers/AIAA2003/AIAA2003-5138--HNS-...
I found the Perkin Elmer connection of interest.
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I was annoyed by the use of unspecified acronym.
Forsooth I think you doth protest toooo much.
HNS like TNT, PETN, RDX, PLX, HNDPhA, &c., &c., are de rigueur
anachronisms — long used and widely accepted.
When Id comes acoross a Whatthefuckisit explosive —
e.g., TFENA, THPhBuNA, TMENT, TNTMNA, &c., &c. I turn to
the ever useful Meyers Explosives. You can DL a copy of
the latest ed. 6th, or buy a hard copy.
ISBN [English Ed.] 978-3-527-31656-4
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Does anyone know the synthesis for HNS? The best I've found is the oxidation of TNT to yield it, but with limited knowledge on HNS properties, I would
find it difficult to impossible to properly separate and identify the product.
Things that would be useful would be melting point and solubility in different solvents.
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http://www.google.hu/url?q=https://miningandblasting.files.w... Maybe.
If you don't thrust this book,make your own calculations.
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Thanks, much appreciated
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This compound is very well studied. Found these by googling Hexanitrostilbene. There are many more.
Application of Hexanitrostilbene ( HNS ) in Explosive Componenets
www.osti.gov/scitech/servlets/purl/4666790
Detonating Cords filled with Hexanitrostilbene ( HNS ) Recrystallized from Acid or Organic Solvents
www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a019918.pdf
Equation of State for the Detonation Products of Hexanitrostilbene at Various Charge Densities
www.osti.gov/scitech/servlets/purl/7347697
Equations of State of Hexanitrostilbene ( HNS )
http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/proceeding/aipcp/10.1063/1.3686344
Determination of Critical Energy Criteria for Hexanitrostilbene Using Laser-driven Flyer Plates
www.researchgate.net/publication/253225956_Determination_of_Critical_Energy_Criteria_for_Hexanitrostilbene_Using_Laser-driven_Flyer_Plates
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Looks like PETN is going to slowly get phased out by the military due to safety standards.
Found a short review on synthesis of HNS from TNT with amounts/temps/etc...
Seems it gets a little tricky in the second step when converting to the final product.
I wonder if it could be improvised at home?
http://www.dissertationtopic.net/doc/1697479
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In principle HNS should be obtainable by condensation of TNT and of Trinitrobenzaldehyde with mild basic catalyst.
Formaldehyde / alkaline carbonate and TNT do condense to form:
CH3-C6H2(NO2)3 + CH2=O -base-> HO-CH2-CH2-C6H2(NO2)3 + H2O
CH3-C6H2(NO2)3 + 2 CH2=O -base-> (HO-CH2-)2CH-C6H2(NO2)3 + 2 H2O
The reaction doesn't go further with a third equivalent of formol because of steric hindrance...so no trimethylol-TNT.
Based on this the highly reactive trinitrobenzaldehyde (or lower nitrated variant) should add to TNT.
(O2N)3C6H2-CH3 + O=CH-C6H2(NO2)3 -base-> (O2N)3C6H2-CH2-CH(OH)-C6H2(NO2)3
(O2N)3C6H2-CH2-CH(OH)-C6H2(NO2)3 -heat/or spontaneous-> (O2N)3C6H2-CH=CH-C6H2(NO2)3 + H2O
Alternatively discrete form of TNBenzaldehyde could be used instead--> alfa-alfa-dichloro-TNT (Cl2CH-C6H2(NO2)3)
This explains the oxydative or chloro-oxydative process on TNT allow a synthetic pathway to HNS.
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Here is a procedure I found, from Soldier's Handbook, Volume 1 by Jared Ledgard, and also in US Patent 4626606.
50 grams of 2, 4, 6 – Trinitrotoluene is dissolved in 500 millilitres of Tetrahydrofuran. 250 millilitres of Methanol is added. With stirring, the
mixture is cooled to 0 degrees Celsius. When cool, 500 millilitres of pre chilled 5% Sodium Hypochlorite solution is quickly added. The reaction
beaker is removed from cooling, and allowed to warm up to room temperature with stirring, over the course of an hour. A precipitate will begin to
form. The mixture is then cooled again in an ice bath for three hours to fully precipitate the product. The product is washed with Methanol and
Acetone, and then dried at 90 degrees Celsius until fully dehydrated.
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You mean US Patent 3505413 I assume.
Ledgard is a fantasist. That said he doesn't seem to have done much to the Shipp method other than scale it up and skip some purification steps. The
later patent does note it precipitates with a lot of crap.
He does fail to mention in the hazards section that the reaction produces some chloropicrin as a byproduct.
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I have noticed a few boo boos with a lot of Ledgards work. Mostly stuff like: that reaction would make that, but...
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This is why I said: If you dont thrust this book...
Also the ETN synthesis:Keep the reaction temp. under 50 degree C 
So I can keep it at 40 C°? No way.
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