Acetone peroxide
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Acetone peroxide is an organic peroxide and a primary explosive. It is produced by the reaction of acetone, hydrogen peroxide and a strong acidic catalyst to yield a mixture of linear monomer and cycl
Acetone peroxide
Tetrameric acetone peroxide
Crystal deposits of sublimed TATP.
On December 22, 2001, a failed shoe bombing attempt occurred aboard American Airlines Flight 63. The aircraft, a Boeing 767-300ER with 197 passengers and crew aboard, was flying from Charles de Gaulle
Acetone peroxide
…2005, where four suicide bombers killed 52 people and injured more than 700. It was one of the explosives used by the "shoe bomber" Richard Reid in his 2001 failed shoe bomb attempt and was used by the suicide bombers in the November 2015 Paris attacks, 2016 Brussels bombings, Manchester Arena bombing, June 2017 Brussels attack…
Richard Reid's shoes
N384AA, the aircraft involved, 11 years after the incident