Chemically, it is classified as a nitroamine alongside HMX, which is a more energetic explosive than TNT. It was used widely in World War II and remains common in military applications.

Oct 1, 2017 · Among different forms of chemical explosives, 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT), hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX), and octahydro-1,3,5,7-tetranitro- 1,3,5,7-tetrazocine (HMX) are most common. These explosives are highly toxic as USEPA has recommended restrictions for lifetime contact through drinking water.

HMX, also called octogen, is a powerful and relatively insensitive nitroamine high explosive chemically related to RDX. The compound's name is the subject of much speculation, having been variously listed as High Melting Explosive, High-velocity Military Explosive, or High-Molecular-weight RDX. [1]

Jan 20, 2025 · The experimental results showed that as the contents of RDX and HMX increased, the first exothermic peak temperature of propellants was shifted to a higher temperature, and the second decomposition peak temperature of HMX-CMDB propellant was increased by 18.90 °C, thermal safety was increased.

Aug 6, 2018 · § If my perforators are HMX, my gun system can be rated for 400°F even if I use RDX cord/detonator § False, your system is rated to the lowest temperature component § Everyone certifies HMX for API RP19B, so it must be for the better performance over RDX

As an initialism RDX is a high exposive used by the military and industry, also called cyclonite or cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine. As a noun HMX is an explosive, related to RDX, octahydro-1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetrazocine

Explosives which detonate and propagate at velocities greater than 1000 m/s, are high explosives and include the secondary explosives RDX, HMX, HNS, DIPAM, TETRYL, DATB, TATB, PETN, TNT. PROPERTIES of explosives are measurable physical attributes typical of a single crystal of an explosive material.

Jan 17, 2018 · Using DTA-TG equipment, the ignition performance of three kinds of aluminized explosives (RDX, HMX, and CL-20) with different mass percentages of aluminum powder (0%, 10 wt.%, 20 wt.%, and 30 wt.%) was investigated.

Dec 23, 2021 · Cyclic nitramine explosives including RDX, HMX and CL-20 have drawn extensive attention due to their wide applications and excellent performance. However, these three nitramine explosives exhibit obviously different properties (such as density and thermostability) even though they share similar compositions

Explosive (HMX) as a manufacturing impurity of RDX at a level of approximately 10 percent. Therefore, sites potentially containing RDX or RDX containing explosives fillers (such as Composition B) should be analyzed for HMX as well (AEHA 1985). Both RDX and HMX are analytes on U.S. EPA SW-846 Methods 8330B (high-performance liquid