Triacetone Triperoxide (TATP)

Information on thermophysical properties of energetic materials is limited and scattered in the literature. Although peroxides have been known as energetic materials for a long time, triacetonetriperoxide has become prominent as a homemade explosive in the recent years. The properties of TATP are extremely important in its detection, and this chapter reviews the synthesis, properties, for-mulations, detonation, and detection of triacetonetriperoxide.