http://www.bombshock.com/homemade_bombs/high_order/rdx.html Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:47:22 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.bombshock.com/homemade_bombs/high_order/rdx.html/comment-page-1/#comment-365 yitzhak magoon Wed, 18 Mar 2009 04:08:30 +0000 http://www.bombshock.com/blog/?p=57#comment-365 *Correction* RDX is a little more sensitive and less stable than TNT...hence its use in military applications. In addition, RDX has a calculated detonating velocity at 8700ft/s not 8550. *Correction* RDX is a little more sensitive and less stable than TNT…hence its use in military applications. In addition, RDX has a calculated detonating velocity at 8700ft/s not 8550.

]]> http://www.bombshock.com/homemade_bombs/high_order/rdx.html/comment-page-1/#comment-364 yitzhak magoon Wed, 18 Mar 2009 04:00:54 +0000 http://www.bombshock.com/blog/?p=57#comment-364 Much of this information is incorrect...for instance the reason RDX is not used alone as an explosive is not because it "is not stable enough to use alone as an explosive" (it is more stable than TNT) is because it is not SENSITIVE enough...a primary explosive must be used to ignite it, whether it be an azide or fulminate. Secondly, HMX is not a 50/50 mixture of RDX and TNT (that would make HMX weaker than RDX when in fact it is much more powerful). There are several ways of making it,,, such as with SOLEX, or a more complex RDX method. Thirdly, no nitrate needs to be added to stabilize it because it is already stable!!! Fourthly, this method is very dangerous and everything needs to be done at the given temperatures for safety reasons and because the right product will not form if not done correctly (thus this method has a very low % yield). RDX is naturally a low %yield reaction, but there are many better methods of production that increase the yield and the safety. Much of this information is incorrect…for instance the reason RDX is not used alone as an explosive is not because it “is not stable enough to use alone as an explosive” (it is more stable than TNT) is because it is not SENSITIVE enough…a primary explosive must be used to ignite it, whether it be an azide or fulminate. Secondly, HMX is not a 50/50 mixture of RDX and TNT (that would make HMX weaker than RDX when in fact it is much more powerful). There are several ways of making it,,, such as with SOLEX, or a more complex RDX method. Thirdly, no nitrate needs to be added to stabilize it because it is already stable!!! Fourthly, this method is very dangerous and everything needs to be done at the given temperatures for safety reasons and because the right product will not form if not done correctly (thus this method has a very low % yield). RDX is naturally a low %yield reaction, but there are many better methods of production that increase the yield and the safety.

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