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Author: Admin | 2025-04-28
A thermal and shock stability that is considerably greater than that of any other known material of comparable energy and is, therefore, a good candidate for IHE. In the late 1990s Groupe SNPE, (France's state-owned producer of space and military propellants and explosives) produced a reduced sensitivity form of RDX (RS-RDX) for use in IHE formulations. Other manufacturers soon produced forms of RS-RDX such as I RDX (Insensitive RDX) and Grade A RDX. A version of RS-HMX has also been manufactured in Norway by Chemring Nobel AS. Examples of IHE formulations are presented in Table 1.7. Table 1.7Examples of insensitive high explosives (IHE) formulations where CAB is cellulose acetate butyrate, DNAN is 2,4-dinitroanisole, HTPB is hydroxyterminated polybutadiene, IPDI is isophorone diisocyanate and Kel F 800 is chlorotri-fluoroethylene-co-vinylidene fluoride polymer. NameExplosive\%wtBinder + plasticizer\%wtOther ingredients\%wtLX-17 92.5 TATB 7.5 Kel-F 800 PAX-2A(1) 85 HMX 1.6 CAB 9 K10 N/A Carbon PAX-21 36 RDX 30 Ammonium perchlorate 34 DNAN n-methyl nitroaniline PAX-24 N/A DNAN Ammonium perchlorate n-methyl nitroaniline PAX-25 N/A RDXN/A DNAN Ammonium perchloraten-methyl nitroaniline PAX-26 N/A DNAN Aluminium Ammonium perchlorate n-methyl nitroaniline PAX-28 20 RDX 20 Aluminium 40 DNAN 20 Ammonium perchlorate n-methyl nitroaniline PAX-40 65 HMX 35 DNAN n-methyl nitroaniline PAX-41 65 RDX 35 DNAN Nitroaniline PBXW-124 27 NTO20 RDX 5 HTPB7 IPDI 20 Aluminium20 Ammonium perchlorate PBXW-122 47 NTO5 RDX 5 HTPB7 IPDI 15 Aluminium20 Ammonium perchlorate NameExplosive\%wtBinder + plasticizer\%wtOther ingredients\%wtLX-17 92.5 TATB 7.5 Kel-F 800 PAX-2A(1) 85 HMX 1.6 CAB 9 K10 N/A Carbon PAX-21 36 RDX 30 Ammonium perchlorate 34 DNAN n-methyl nitroaniline PAX-24 N/A DNAN Ammonium perchlorate n-methyl nitroaniline PAX-25 N/A RDXN/A DNAN Ammonium perchloraten-methyl nitroaniline PAX-26 N/A DNAN Aluminium Ammonium perchlorate n-methyl nitroaniline PAX-28 20 RDX 20 Aluminium 40 DNAN 20 Ammonium perchlorate n-methyl nitroaniline PAX-40 65 HMX 35 DNAN n-methyl nitroaniline PAX-41 65 RDX 35 DNAN
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