Explosive Materials

OCTOGEN HMX

Octogen (HMX) is used exclusively for military purposes to implode fissionable material in
nuclear devices, as a component of plastic-bonded explosives, as a component of rocket propellant, and as a high explosive buster charge.

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HEXOGEN RDX

Hexogen (RDX) has a high degree of stability in storage and is considered the most powerful and
brisant of the military high explosives. Hexogen can be used alone as a base charge for detonators
or mixed with another explosive such as TNT, which produce a bursting charge for aerial bombs,
mines, and torpedoes or as an ingredient in plastic bonded explosives.

TNT

Trinitrotoluene (TNT) is by far the most important explosive for blasting charges of all weapons.
Military grade TNT is widely used as a bursting charge for high explosive shells, aircraft bombs,
grenades, naval mines and etc. It is also used in boosters, detonators, demolition charges and
as an ingredient in slurries and for mining industries.