The trimer is known as triacetone triperoxide (TATP) or tri-cyclic acetone peroxide (TCAP). Acetone peroxide takes the form of a white crystalline powder with a distinctive bleach -like odor when impure, or a fruit-like smell when pure, and can explode powerfully if subjected to heat, friction, static electricity, concentrated sulfuric acid ...

TATP is a homemade explosive (HME) that has seen widespread illicit use over the last two decades. The first reported terrorist attack using TATP took place in Israel in 1980, and US law enforcement encountered TATP as early as 1983, during an investigation in California.

Nov 14, 2018 · Chemists call it triacetone triperoxide (TATP), and it is one nasty molecule. (See the diagram of its molecular structure.) TATP is extremely unusual. Note that it has 9 atoms contained in a single ring, which is not particularly common …

IEDs are used by criminals, vandals, terrorists, suicide bombers, and insur-gents. Because they are improvised, IEDs can come in many forms, ranging from a small pipe bomb to a sophisticated device capable of causing massive damage and loss of life.

It has been used in Improvised-Explosive-Devices (IED) including the London bombings on the 7th of July 2005, where four suicide-bombers killed 52 people and injured more than 700.

Mar 27, 2016 · Triacetone Triperoxide (TATP), often referred to as “acetone peroxide,” was the explosive used in the recent Brussels attacks. It is relatively simple to make from commonly-available...

TATP is the most extreme example currently known, but it may be possible to design molecules that behave as an even more powerful explosive. TATP can be easily prepared in a basement lab using...

Dec 22, 2016 · While theoretically today’s IED user could produce such material, very often they use easier-to-obtain precursors such as Hydrogen peroxide and acetone to produce TATP, a particularly sensitive explosive.

Dec 1, 2019 · Peroxide-based HME was used as explosive filler: triacetone triperoxide (TATP), hexamethylene triperoxide diamine (HMTD) and methyl ethyl ketone peroxide (MEKP). Each IED was fired separately and the recovered fragments analyzed using full scan with high-resolution mass spectrometry.

The explosive triacetone triperoxide (TATP) has been analyzed by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) and sub-nanogram detection limits are reported by ammonia positive ion chemical ionization (PICI), electron ionization (EI) and methane negative ion …