Israeli researchers discover new forms of explosive favoured by terrorists

Researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have discovered never-before-seen polymorphic crystalline structures of triacetone-triperoxide (TATP), the easy-to-make but difficult to detect explosive increasingly used by terrorists worldwide. The findings, which were published online yesterday in ACS Crystal Growth and Design, will make it easier to detect TATP, even when it is concealed...

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