Azidoazide azide: Chemistry in its element
From The chemical breakdown & Chemistry in its element by Chemistry World
December 11, 2020 · 6 min
About this episode
This episode discusses the highly unstable compound azidoazide azide and the challenges in measuring its sensitivity.
A compound so explosively unstable that nobody has been able to measure how sensitive it is without it, well, exploding.
Topics covered
- explosive compounds
- chemical stability
- azides
- safety in chemistry
- chemical reactions
Keywords
- azidoazide azide
- explosive instability
- chemical sensitivity
- compound measurement
- chemistry
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Chemistry World
Books & works: Azidoazide azide
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