Chemring Nobel product compositions – HMX

HMX Formulations Compositions Typical Product Specification Ingredients Weight % application HMX 49/49 Main charge HTA-3, Type I / Type II (Type TNT 29/28.65 MIL-E-46495 underwater II with CaSi added) Aluminium 22/22 explosive Calcium Silicate - /0.35 Octol 70/30, Type II, Class 1 HMX 70/75 MIL-O-45455 Shaped charges and 2/Octol 75/25, Type I TNT 30/25 HMX 98 H-764 US DWG No. 7259019 Calcium Recinate 1 Booster Graphite 1 HMX 95/94.5 Shaped, blast and HMX/Wax TL 1376-0825 Wax 5/4.5 fragmentation HMX/Wax/Graphite (OWC) Graphite - /1.0 charges HMX 98 HMX/Wax/Graphite (OWC) Customer specification Wax 1 Oil field perforators Graphite 1 HMX 95.5 LX-14 MIL-H-48358 Shaped charges Estane 4.5 HMX 96/96 Octastit VIII / VIIIG FS 1375-1626/1628 Plastic binder 4/3.9 Shaped charges Graphite - /0.1 HMX 86 Blast and PBXN-3 MIL-E-82738 Nylon 14 fragmentation HMX 95 PBXN-5 MIL-E-81111 Booster Viton 5 HMX 92 PBXN-9 MIL-E-82875 1,2 HyTemp 2 Shaped charges DOA 6 HMX 96 PBXW-11 DTL WS 33500 1,2 HyTemp 1 Shaped charges DOA 3 HMX 92 IM for shaped DPX-2 Chemring specification Hytemp 2 charges/ booster DOA 6 HMX 90 DPX-4 Chemring Specification Viton 10 Shaped charges

HMX 64,4 HyTemp 1.4 DPX-5 Chemring Specification Enhanced blast DOA 4.2 Aluminium 30 HMX 50 Aluminium 46 DPX-6 Chemring specification Enhanced blast Hytemp 1 DOA 3 MIL-E-82895 HMX 97.05 Blast and CXM-9 (PBXN-112) (MIL-E-82919) Binder 2.95 fragmentation Chemring specification HMX 95 Shaped, blast and CXM-10 (PBXN-110) (MIL-DTL-82901A) IDP 5 fragment. charges

1 Limited distribution of specification, 2 can be supplied with 25-45% Aluminium for use in enhanced blast warheads

Energetic compounds HMX HMX (<0.2%RDX) } MIL-H-45444B, MIL-DTL-45444C Grade B, STANAG 4284 RS-HMX (reduced sensitivity) RDX Type I and II MIL-R-398C, MIL-DTL- 398D, STANAG 4022, TL 1376-802, Type B RS-RDX (reduced sensitivity) } Ethyl-NENA Chemring specification Butyl-NENA STANAG 4583 MEN 42 Chemring specification HNS I and II WS5003J / TL 1376-821 HNS/FK800/Graphite NTO STANAG 4544

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% through ASTM Opening Sieve no. [mm] Class 1 Class 2 Class 3 Class 4 Class 5 Class 6

8 2.360 100

12 1.700 99-100 85-100 99-100

35 0.500 10-40

50 0.300 84-96 100 25-55 90-100

100 0.150 40-60 10-30 0-15 50-80

120 0.125 98-100

200 0.075 14-26 0-20 15-45

325 0.045 3-13 75-100 98-100 5-25