LX-14
Encyclopedia
LX-14 and LX-14-0 are Polymer-bonded explosive
s developed by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
and used in Nuclear weapons in the United States.
explosive powder (95.5%) and Estane & 5702-Fl plastic binders (4.5%).
Polymer-bonded explosive
A polymer-bonded explosive, also called PBX or plastic-bonded explosive, is an explosive material in which explosive powder is bound together in a matrix using small quantities of a synthetic polymer...
s developed by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory , just outside Livermore, California, is a Federally Funded Research and Development Center founded by the University of California in 1952...
and used in Nuclear weapons in the United States.
Ingredients
LX-14 is made of HMXHMX
HMX, also called octogen, is a powerful and relatively insensitive nitroamine high explosive, chemically related to RDX. Like RDX, the name has been variously listed as High Melting eXplosive, Her Majesty's eXplosive, High-velocity Military eXplosive, or High-Molecular-weight rdX.The molecular...
explosive powder (95.5%) and Estane & 5702-Fl plastic binders (4.5%).