International Journal of Energetic Materials
Significance of RDX – A Highly Explosive Energetic Material
Abstract
Plastic demolition explosives containing RDX and PETN as major energetic components. Torpex: 42% RDX, 40% TNT, and 18% powdered aluminium. The mixture was designed during World War II and used mainly in underwater ordnance. It is made from other chemicals known as hexamine, ammonium nitrate, nitric acid, and acetic acid. A small amount of HMX is also formed in making cyclotrimethylene-trinitramine (RDX), another explosive similar in structure to HMX. Composition B, colloquially "Comp B", is an explosive consisting of castable mixtures of RDX and TNT. It is used as the main explosive filling in artillery projectiles, rockets, land mines, hand grenades and various other munitions. Keywords: RDX, HMX, Military uses, explosive nitroaminesReferences (23)
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