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RDX

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Domain explosives & ignition materialorganic chemistry
RDX
tsüklotrimetüleentrinitramiin
tsükloniit
heksahüdro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triasiin
1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triasa-tsükloheksaan
heksogeen
T4
RDX
1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazinane
cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine
cyclonite
hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine
1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triaza-cyclohexane
hexogen
hexogene
T4
  • a crystalline heterocyclic nitrogen-containing compound used as a high explosive
RDX abbreviation
Usage examples
  • RDX ja selle järgmised derivaadid: a. RDX (tsüklotrimetüleentrinitramiin, tsükloniit, T4, heksahüdro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triasiin, 1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triasa-tsükloheksaan, heksogeen) (CAS 121- 82-4); ...
tsüklotrimetüleentrinitramiin
tsükloniit
heksahüdro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triasiin
1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triasa-tsükloheksaan
heksogeen
T4
RDX abbreviation
Usage examples
  • “Explosives”, as follows, and mixtures thereof: ... RDX and derivatives, as follows: a. RDX (cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine, cyclonite, T4, hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine, 1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triaza-cyclohexane, hexogen or hexogene) (CAS 121-82-4); ...
Good to know
  • Apparently an initialism < either Research Department Explosive, or Research Department X (with X standing arbitrarily for a newly developed substance). The explosive was manufactured at the Research Department of the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, England.
  • The name RDX was coined by the British. This name was accepted in the United States, although the name cyclonite was also commonly used there. The Germans called it hexogen, and the Italians called it T4.
1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazinane
Good to know
  • form recommended by the IUPAC (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry)
cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine
cyclonite
hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine
Good to know
  • CAS name
1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triaza-cyclohexane
hexogen
hexogene
T4

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