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 |