What Makes an Explosion Happen?

20 December 2019, Version 1
This content is a preprint and has not undergone peer review at the time of posting.

Abstract

The combination of intermolecular hydrogen bond (X:H–Y) tension and the anti-HB (H↔H) or super-HB (X⇔Y) compression not only stabilizes the structure but also stores energy by shortening the intramolecular covalent bonds. The X:H tension constrains and the X⇔Y compression fosters explosion.

Keywords

Explosion
energy storage
structure stability
hydrogen bond

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