Nitrotriazolone

Nitrotriazolone (NTO) is a high explosive developed in the weapons program, [2] first identified in 1905, but research into its explosive properties was not fully undertaken until the 1980s, [3] used by the US Army in munitions.[4]

Nitrotriazolone[1]
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
5-nitro-1,2-dihydro-1,2,4-triazol-3-one
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
Abbreviations NTO
ChemSpider
ECHA InfoCard 100.012.050
EC Number
  • 213-254-4
MeSH C420648
UN number 0490
Properties
C2H2N4O3
Molar mass 130.063 g·mol−1
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
Infobox references

Nitrotriazolone is being progressively made use of in novel explosive formulations. [5]

References

  1. "Nitrotriazolone". PubChem. National Institutes of Health. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
  2. High-performance Computing. The Laboratory. 1993.
  3. Jai Prakash Agrawal (20 November 2015). High Energy Materials: Propellants, Explosives and Pyrotechnics. Wiley. pp. 124–. ISBN 978-3-527-80268-5.
  4. Winstead, Bob (26 October 2011). "Nitrotriazolone: An Environmental Odyssey" (PDF). NDIA Systems Engineering Conference. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
  5. Shree Nath Singh (4 August 2013). Biological Remediation of Explosive Residues. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 285–. ISBN 978-3-319-01083-0.
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