About
Welcome to hniw.us, my latest effort in sharing a small portion of my life with the world at large. The name, hniw, comes from the chemical compound 2,4,6,8,10,12-hexanitro-2,4,6,8,10,12-hexaazaisowurtzitane with a formula C6H6N12O12. It is a nitroamine explosive that produces about 20% more energy than HMX, another nitroamine explosive. Both are used as propellants, with HMX also finding use in polymer-bonded explosives used as detonators.
So why all the explosives? It isn’t because I am some nut wanting to blow up the world. It is more of a homage as to what got me into my current field of study, chemistry. I don’t work with explosives, as it generally involves organic synthesis and can be a bit dangerous, but I still enjoy reading about them from time to time. For more about me, you’ll have to check out my editors profile…once I get around to putting it up.
This theme was inspired, in part, by Cellar Heat, a theme designed by Evan Eckard for Smashing Magazine. The images used in this theme were provided by Stock Graphic Designs, Dezignus.com, Dinpattern.com, Illustrator Exchange, Grunge Textures or created by me. All images, to the best of my knowledge are free for personal and/or commercial use and can be found by following the respective links. I am neither a graphic artist nor a web designer; I am a chemist and I do this because I find it fun and challenging. As such, all content and code for hniw.us is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. If you find images that I have failed to properly attribute, please leave a comment and I will attempt to rectify the oversight as quickly as possible.
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