Octogen (HMX)

Octogen is one of the most powerful series-manufactured blasting explosives. It’s applied as a military explosive both individually (in form of different charges) and as a component of explosive compositions.

CHEMICAL NAME Chemical name for HMX acc. to IUPAC: 1,3,5, 7- tetranitro - 1,3,5,7 - tetrazacyklooktan.
Other name cyklotetrametylenotetranitroamine
CHEMICAL FORMULA C4H8N8O8, C4H8N3(NO2)4
REQUIREMENTS Grade B acc. to MIL-DTL-45444C