HMTD
Chemicals:
hydrogen peroxide (30 %)
hexamethylenetetramine(Hexamine dry fuel tablets)
citric acid (food grade)
water
Materials:
200 ml glass beaker
glass stirring rod
ice bath
MANUFACTURE:
Fourteen grams of hexamethylenetetramine is dissolved in 45 grams of 30 %
hydrogen peroxide solution which is stirred mechanically in a beaker standing in a
freezing mixture of cracked ice with water and a little salt.
To the solution 21 grams of powdered citric acid is added slowly in small portions at
a time while the stirring is continued and the temperature is kept at 0° or below. After
all the citric acid has dissolved, the mixture is stirred for 3 hours longer while the
temperature is kept at 0°.
The cooling is then continued, the mixture is allowed to stand for 2 hours at room
temperature, and the white crystalline product is filtered off, washed thoroughly with
water, and rinsed with alcohol in order that it may dry out more quickly at ordinary
temperatures.
FORMULA:
C6H12N2O6
SENSITIVITY:
Very friction sensitive!!
Burns like nitrocellulose. Detonates in greater amounts.
Sensitive to shock, flame and heat.
Chemicals:
hydrogen peroxide (30 %)
hexamethylenetetramine(Hexamine dry fuel tablets)
citric acid (food grade)
water
Materials:
200 ml glass beaker
glass stirring rod
ice bath
MANUFACTURE:
Fourteen grams of hexamethylenetetramine is dissolved in 45 grams of 30 %
hydrogen peroxide solution which is stirred mechanically in a beaker standing in a
freezing mixture of cracked ice with water and a little salt.
To the solution 21 grams of powdered citric acid is added slowly in small portions at
a time while the stirring is continued and the temperature is kept at 0° or below. After
all the citric acid has dissolved, the mixture is stirred for 3 hours longer while the
temperature is kept at 0°.
The cooling is then continued, the mixture is allowed to stand for 2 hours at room
temperature, and the white crystalline product is filtered off, washed thoroughly with
water, and rinsed with alcohol in order that it may dry out more quickly at ordinary
temperatures.
FORMULA:
C6H12N2O6
SENSITIVITY:
Very friction sensitive!!
Burns like nitrocellulose. Detonates in greater amounts.
Sensitive to shock, flame and heat.
