Hexanitrostilbene (HNS), also called JD-X, is an
organic compound
In chemistry, organic compounds are generally any chemical compounds that contain carbon-hydrogen or carbon-carbon bonds. Due to carbon's ability to catenate (form chains with other carbon atoms), millions of organic compounds are known. Th ...
with the formula
O2N)3C6H2CHsub>2. It is a yellow-orange solid.
[Jacques Boileau, Claude Fauquignon, Bernard Hueber and Hans H. Meyer "Explosives" in ''Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry'', 2009, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim. ] It is used as a heat-resistant
high explosive
An explosive (or explosive material) is a reactive substance that contains a great amount of potential energy that can produce an explosion if released suddenly, usually accompanied by the production of light, heat, sound, and pressure. An ...
. It is slightly soluble (0.1 - 5 g/100 mL) in
butyrolactone Butyrolactone may refer to:
* ''beta''-Butyrolactone
* ''gamma''-Butyrolactone (GBL)
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