Cyanuric triazide

Cyanuric triazide
Names
IUPAC name
2,4,6-Triazido-1,3,5-triazine
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
UNII
  • InChI=1S/C3N12/c4-13-10-1-7-2(11-14-5)9-3(8-1)12-15-6
    Key: JKYMSKUDZIJFKI-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • InChI=1/C3N12/c4-13-10-1-7-2(11-14-5)9-3(8-1)12-15-6
    Key: JKYMSKUDZIJFKI-UHFFFAOYAS
  • C1(=NC(=NC(=N1)N=[N+]=[N-])N=[N+]=[N-])N=[N+]=[N-]
Properties
C3N12
Molar mass 204.117 g·mol−1
Appearance white crystal
Density 1.73 g·cm−3[1]
Melting point 94 °C (201 °F; 367 K)
Boiling point 150 °C (302 °F; 423 K) Decomposition or explosion
Hazards
Occupational safety and health (OHS/OSH):
Main hazards
 Explosive substance
Flash point [2]
205 °C (401 °F; 478 K)
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Cyanuric triazide (C3N12 or (NCN3)3) is described as an environmentally friendly, low toxicity, and organic primary explosive with a detonation velocity of about 7,300 m s−1 and a autoignition temperature of 205 °C.

  1. ^ Haynes, W. M.; Lide, D. R. (2012). CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics 93rd Ed. CRC Press/Taylor and Francis. ISBN 978-1439880494.
  2. ^ Mikhail A. Ilyushin, Igor V. Tselinsky And Irina V. Shugalei (2012). "Environmentally Friendly Energetic Materials for Initiation Devices" (PDF). Central European Journal of Energetic Materials. 9 (4): 293–327.