Acetone peroxide, C9H18O6, also TATP triacetone triperoxide is an organic peroxide and a primary high explosive. It takes the form of a white crystalline powder with a distinctive bleach-like odor. It is susceptible to heat, friction, and shock. The instability is greatly altered by impurities. It is not easily soluble in water. It is more stable and less sensitive when wet.
Acetone Peroxide is a dough conditioner, maturing, and bleaching
agent that is a mixture of monomeric and linear dimeric acetone
peroxides which are strong oxidizing agents. it is used to age and
bleach flour.
Severe skin and eye irritant. Flammable by spontaneous chemical reaction; can react vigorously with reducing materials. The trimeric form is shock-sensitive and static-electricitysensitive and may detonate.
