Rdx

[entheogen]

Anybody got good-quality pictures of RDX/Hexogen in its clean un-mixed form ?

keep getting Acura RDX in my searches...

[remo williams]

Anybody got good-quality pictures of RDX/Hexogen in its clean un-mixed form ?

keep getting Acura RDX in my searches...
how bout tetratol,semtex those will put a big hole in the ground too:)
i think the closest you're gonna get is that car pic you keep findin'.itd be too easy for a terrorist chemist to figure out the ingredients if you're talking about the molecular drawing of it...leave it alone mods lock it up as necessary...p-)

[Asheren]

It is a white powder from what i remmeber. Soo don't expect any pics of it.

[eucalyptus]

Whats the IUPAC name for it?

[entheogen]

Trinitro-triazinane/135

P.S. I asked for pictures, not molecular drawing.

[Chops]

Thin edge of the wedge here guys...

[LordHalbert]

Only image of RDX i've found was this:
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20011229/jk1.jpg

Looks like lumpy styrofoam.

[eucalyptus]

/edit, I missunderstood what you wanted.

[crinkler]

Why on earth do you need pics of such a thing?

[Asheren]

Yup i was right acording to recipe as end product you shoud get white residue.

[FN SLS]

Uh oh, someone call the bomb squad... A teletubby in la-la-land is about to go berzerk!

[entheogen]

Only image of RDX i've found was this:
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20011229/jk1.jpg

Looks like lumpy styrofoam.
looks like crack/crystal to me rofl

Why on earth do you need pics of such a thing?
lets say Im doing paper on something, and I need pictures, not molecular drawings/manuals on how to make it.

[American Patriot]

http://pro.corbis.com/images/DWF15-1015990.jpg?size=67&uid={cc7dbb87-71b1-4386-9e27-e8d5ce9190d2}
http://pro.corbis.com/images/DWF15-1015970.jpg?size=67&uid={2010717a-7507-4aef-81b4-a249bfe7b005}

[entheogen]

Thanks alot mate, that'll work just fine.

P.S. damn, there is alot of it in those pictures.
Somebody must've been saving it up for the 4th of July or something.

[Asheren]

It is quite easy to make at last from my view point as a chemist. Reagents are quite "easy" to get. I would say its even easier to make than TNT. Octogen(HMX) is much more difficult to make.

[Ronin_SVN]

It is quite easy to make at last from my view point as a chemist. Reagents are quite "easy" to get. I would say its even easier to make than TNT. Octogen(HMX) is much more difficult to make.

Isn't HMX side product of RDX ?

[crazy_engineering_student]

Yeah, when you make RDX, usually 10-20% of the product is HMX.

[Asheren]

Don't know never studied that process to deeply. I only know that Octogen can be obtained using diffrent recipe and reagents for it might be difficult to get for any amateur. It is also more difficult to make. While RDX can be made by anyone with some knowledge about chemistry.

[FN SLS]

*sees the ATF van pull up* Uh... guys... I... I think I'm gonna be leaving now... ok? *grabs his coat and runs for it*

[Seoulstriker]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RDX

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f1/Cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine-structure.png/220px-Cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine-structure.png

Cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine, also known as RDX, cyclonite, hexogen, and T4, is an nitroamine and explosive material widely used by the military. The origin of the acronym RDX is not wholly clear; from UK perspective, it most probably stands for "Research Department Explosive".

In its pure, synthesised state RDX is a white, crystalline solid. As an explosive it is usually used in mixtures with other explosives and plasticizers or desensitizers. It is stable in storage and is considered the most powerful and brisant of the military high explosives.

RDX forms the base for a number of common military explosives: Composition A (wax-coated, granular explosive consisting of RDX and plasticizing wax), composition A5 (mixed with 1.5% stearic acid), composition B (castable mixtures of RDX and TNT), composition C (a plastic demolition explosive consisting of RDX, other explosives, and plasticizers), composition D, HBX (castable mixtures of RDX, TNT, powdered aluminium, and D-2 wax with calcium chloride), H-6, Cyclotol, and C4.

RDX is also used as a major component of plastic bonded explosives used in nuclear weapons.

[Asheren]

*sees the ATF van pull up* Uh... guys... I... I think I'm gonna be leaving now... ok? *grabs his coat and runs for it*

Lol "drags FNSLS from saddam hole in his garden" if they chased anyone with some knowledge about explosives there would be noone to make them for army. Especialy when you can find all necessary knowledge to make IED on net in less than 5 min.

Octogen is actualy stronger than Hexogen but is mostly used to make detonating fuses.