Preparation of a neutral nitrogen allotrope hexanitrogen C2h-N6

Re:Preparation of a neutral nitrogen allotrope hexanitrogen ... by myrmidon on Wednesday June 18, 2025 @08:48AM (#44309432)

> Compounds consisting only of the element nitrogen [...] are considered promising clean energy-storage materials

They are not actually serious about this, right?

I feel if that directly acknowledging Klapötke of all people is basically a thinly veiled concession that watever you synthesized is too explosive to even be used as an explosive. As seems to be the case here.

Is there even a remotely possibility for this to be used in any practical application?

Noneteless, impressive paper, and getting that abstract into Nature is basically an achievement on its own already.

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Re:Preparation of a neutral nitrogen allotrope hexanitrogen ... by AstralStorm on Wednesday June 18, 2025 @02:53PM (#44312371)

I mean... You could use it in space instead of nukes as a propellant. Probably would be safer to make there too.

Not useful otherwise yet unless there's some special synthesis requiring it that cannot be done in any other way.

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