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Nitrogen Halides

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The nitrogen halides are substances containing three atoms of one of the halogens bound together with one atom of nitrogen. The most common one is without question nitrogen triiodide which is often used for demonstration purposes due to its extreme sensitivity to mechanical impulse and impressive purple cloud formed as a result of the explosion. Nitrogen trichloride and nitrogen tribromide are both quite sensitive and explode easily. The last nitrogen halide in the family is a fluorine analog which does not possess explosive behavior and is therefore not mentioned in the following sections.

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Matyáš, R., Pachman, J. (2013). Nitrogen Halides. In: Primary Explosives. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28436-6_11

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