DetTX Quiz 1 - Explosives

1. Regarding detonation

The propagation of the reaction proceeds faster than the speed of sound in the solid explosive material
No confinement is necessary to cause an explosion
The physics happens before the chemistry
All of the above

Hint Compare to deflagration

2. Which Lawrence Livemore Molecule is this ?

LLM-105
LLM-172
LLM-201
LLM-210

Hint LLM-105 1-hydroxy-6-imino-3,5-dinitropyrazin-2-amine
LLM-172 3,4-bis(4-nitro-1,2,5-oxadiazol-3-yl)-1,2,5-oxadiazole
LLM-201 3-(4-nitro-1,2,5-oxadiazol-3-yl)-1,2,4-oxadiazol-5-amine
LLM-210 3-(4-nitro-1,2,5-oxadiazol-3-yl)-3'-(4'-nitro[3,3'-bi(1,2,5-oxadiazol)]-4-yl]-5,5'-bi(1,2,4-oxadiazole)

3. Which ingredients are fed into the nitration vessel in the Woolwich process for the manufacture of RDX?

Hexamine
Nitric Acid
Acetic Acid
Acetic Anhydride
Paraformaldehyde

Hint The Woolwich process was used by the British during WW2, it produces RDX containing less than 0.2% HMX but has a lower yield of RDX than the Bachmann process that is used in the US.

4. TATNB is which of the molecules shown below ?

a.