Discovery and structural elucidation of RDX and HMX, the world's most powerful industrial explosives
Kristensen, Tor Erik
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Title
Discovery and structural elucidation of RDX and HMX, the world's most powerful industrial explosives
Author(s)
Kristensen, Tor Erik
Issue Date
2023-11-01T05:00:00Z
Keyword(s)
Chemistry
History
Rdx
Hmx
Abstract
Describes the discovery of the discovery of explosive compounds RDX and HMX from nitrating hexamine, the elucidation of their structures as cyclic nitramines, and several processes for their manufacture from the late 19th through the mid 20th century.
Publisher
Division of the History of Chemistry
ISSN
1053-4392
Type of Resource
text
Genre of Resource
article
Language
eng
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https://hdl.handle.net/2142/133310
DOI
https://doi.org/10.70359/bhc2023v048p211
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