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Organic peroxide explosive

An explosive in which the energetic groups are peroxide linkages (-O-O-) rather than nitro groups. TATP and HMTD are the forensically significant members. They contain no nitrogen-based oxidiser and are therefore invisible to most nitro-explosive detection systems.

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Critical diameterDetonating cordDNT isomers (2,4-DNT and 2,6-DNT)HMTD (hexamethylene triperoxide diamine)Ion mobility spectrometry (IMS)NitramineNitro compoundOxygen balanceSublimation (TATP context)

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