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Pentavalent Nitrogen
A high explosive formed from nitrogen. (Read the full article)
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| "WHAT IS THE SCIENTIFIC CONCEPTS THAT WERE DEPICTED ACCURETLY AND UNACCURATELY IN THIS FICTION?" (ASASA 7/17/2005 1:22:19 AM ) |
| "Interesting to note that modern high eenergy density research is looking at H4 and O8 (like sulphur rings)" ( 7/10/2006 4:00:30 PM ) |
| "Actually pentavalent nitrogen has been known for a long time. Here is a reference to a paper in 1930:
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=526632
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1930 April 15; 16(4): 288–293.
PENTAVALENT NITROGEN IN ORGANIC COMPOUNDS*
Wilder D. Bancroft and C. E. Barnett" (The Pixie 12/19/2007 8:00:42 AM ) |
| "Properly speaking, Doc Smith never came up with this idea; it was someone else. He developed the (never explained) duodecaplyatomate explosive, a chemical explosive with the energy of a nuclear weapon." (Teleros 2/11/2011 2:23:09 AM ) |
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