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ACETONE PEROXIDE Chemical Properties,Usage,Production

Description

Acetone peroxide, C9H18O6, also TATP triacetone triperoxide is an organic peroxide and a primary high explosive. It takes the form of a white crystalline powder with a distinctive bleach-like odor. It is susceptible to heat, friction, and shock. The instability is greatly altered by impurities. It is not easily soluble in water. It is more stable and less sensitive when wet.

Uses

Acetone Peroxide is a dough conditioner, maturing, and bleaching agent that is a mixture of monomeric and linear dimeric acetone peroxides which are strong oxidizing agents. it is used to age and bleach flour.

Safety Profile

Severe skin and eye irritant. Flammable by spontaneous chemical reaction; can react vigorously with reducing materials. The trimeric form is shock-sensitive and static-electricitysensitive and may detonate.