Polymer-bonded Explosive - Some Example PBXs

Some example PBXs
Name Explosive Ingredients Binder Ingredients Usage
EDC-29 β-HMX 95% 5% HTPB UK composition
EDC-37 HMX/NC 91% 9% polyurethane rubber
LX-04-1 HMX 85% Viton-A 15% High-velocity; nuclear weapons (W62, W70)
LX-07-2 HMX 90% Viton-A 10% High-velocity; nuclear weapons (W71)
LX-09-0 HMX 93% BDNPA 4.6%; FEFO 2.4% High-velocity; nuclear weapons (W68). Prone to deterioration and separation of the plasticizer and binder. Caused serious safety problems.
LX-09-1 HMX 93.3% BDNPA 4.4%; FEFO 2.3%
LX-10-0 HMX 95% Viton-A 5% High-velocity; nuclear weapons (W68 (replaced LX-09), W70, W79, W82)
LX-10-1 HMX 94.5% Viton-A 5.5%
LX-11-0 HMX 80% Viton-A 20% High-velocity; nuclear weapons (W71)
LX-14-0 HMX 95.5% Estane & 5702-Fl 4.5%
LX-15 HNS 95% Kel-F 800 5%
LX-16 PETN 96% FPC461 4%
LX-17-0 TATB 92.5% Kel-F 800 7.5% High-velocity, insensitive; nuclear weapons (B83, W84, W87, W89)
PBX 9007 RDX 90% Polystyrene 9.1%; DOP 0.5%; rosin 0.4%
PBX 9010 RDX 90% Kel-F 3700 10% High-velocity; nuclear weapons (W50, B43)
PBX 9011 HMX 90% Estane and 5703-Fl 10% High-velocity; nuclear weapons (B57 mods 1 and 2)
PBX 9205 RDX 92% Polystyrene 6%; DOP 2%
PBX 9404 HMX 94% NC 3%; CEF 3% High-velocity; nuclear weapons, widely used (B43, W48, W50, W55, W56, B57 mod 2, B61 mods 0, 1, 2, 5, W69). Serious safety problems related to aging and decomposition of the nitrocellulose binder.
PBX 9407 RDX 94% FPC461 6%
PBX 9501 HMX 95% Estane 2.5%; BDNPA-F 2.5% High-velocity; nuclear weapons (W76, W78, W88). One of the most extensively studied high explosive formulations.
PBS 9501 - Estane 2.5%; BDNPA-F 2.5%; sieved white sugar 95% inert simulant of mechanical properties of PBX 9501
PBX 9502 TATB 95% Kel-F 800 5% High-velocity, insensitive; principal in recent US nuclear weapons (B61 mods 3, 4, 6-10, W80, W85, B90, W91), backfitted to earlier warheads to replace less safe explosives.
PBX 9503 TATB 80%; HMX 15% Kel-F 800 5%
PBX 9604 RDX 96% Kel-F 800 4%
PBXN-106 RDX polyurethane rubber Naval shells
PBXN-3 RDX 85% Nylon AIM-9X Sidewinder Missile
PBXN-5 HMX 95% fluoroelastomer 5% Naval shells
PBXN-9 HMX 92% HYTEMP 4454 2%, Diisooctyl adipate (DOA) 6% Various
X-0242 HMX 92% polymer 8%
XTX 8003 PETN 80% Sylgard 182 (silicone rubber) 20% High-velocity, extrudable; nuclear weapons (W68, W76)

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