LX-14

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This article is about Polymer-bonded explosive LX-14. For Dyno Nobel Octol product LX-14, see Octol.


LX-14 and LX-14-0 are Polymer-bonded explosives developed by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and used in Nuclear weapons in the United States.[1]

Ingredients

LX-14 is made of HMX explosive powder (95.5%) and Estane & 5702-Fl plastic binders (4.5%).

Properties

LX-14-0 has a density of 1.83.

References

  1. ↑ Cooper, Paul W. (1996). "Chapter 4: Use forms of explosives". Explosives Engineering. Wiley-VCH. pp. 51–66. ISBN 0-471-18636-8. 
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