The structure, activation energy, onset temperature, heat of formation, and calculated detonation properties of 1,4‐bis(trinitromethly)benzene are reported here. The crystal structure of this compound shows that as other trinitromethyl containing compounds the planes of the three independent C‐NO₂ are approximately perpendicular to one another. The crystal density is 1.805 g/cm³. Like other trinitromethyl containing explosives, the onset temperature is relatively low (103.7 °C). The incorporation of two trinitromethly groups yields a reasonable oxygen balance (−25.5 %) which is close to that of RDX (−21.6 %). While the calculated detonation velocity of HNX exceeds that of TNT it is almost 6 % lower than that of RDX.

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1,4-双（三硝基甲基）苯的结构和性质

在此报告了1,4-双（三硝基甲基）苯的结构，活化能，起始温度，形成热和计算的爆轰性质。该化合物的晶体结构表明，与其他含三硝基甲基的化合物一样，三个独立的C-NO ₂的平面大约彼此垂直。晶体密度为1.805g / cm ³。像其他含三硝基甲基炸药一样，起爆温度较低（103.7°C）。两个三硝基甲基基团的结合产生合理的氧平衡（-25.5％），接近RDX的氧平衡（-21.6％）。尽管HNX的爆炸速度超过了TNT，但比RDX低了近6％。