posted January 25, 2000 01:09 PM            

Posted by Roblimo on Sunday January 23, @07:54PM
from the things-that-go-boom dept.
Lockle writes "A new super explosive has been invented at the University of Chicago. It's based on an existing explosive molecule called "Cubane" but it has oxygen and nitrogen bonded to it for a bigger boom. It's called Octanitrocubane. The news release can be found at Angewandte Chemie International Edition which is a German chemistry magazine (page is in English). More detailed info about Cubane, Octanitrocubane's predecessor, can be found at a site devoted to it."

heres some links to some info on the subject.

Angewandte Chemie International Edition http://www.wiley-vch.de/vch/journals/2002/press/200002press.html

ok this is the link that the post says is a
"site devoted to it" it does not work for me, but it could just be a problem with my ISP?? who knows! So someone please try it.
http://www.ch.ic.ac.uk/local/projects/b_muir/Cubane/Cubanepro/Start.html

**MATT**

posted January 27, 2000 05:59 AM         

ONC(oink?) is 20~30% more powerful than HMX,
cool. Its power is said come from its density, cubane is the most dense hydrocarbon
in the world.

ONC is C8(NO2)8, decompose into 8CO2 + 4N2
all gas and oxygen balanced already.