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RDX, an initialism for Research Department explosive, is an explosive nitroamine widely used in military and industrial applications. It was developed as an explosive which was more powerful than TNT, and it saw wide use in World War II. RDX is also known as Research Department Formula X, cyclonite, hexogen (particularly in German and German-influenced languages), and T4. Its chemical name is cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine.
In its pure, synthesized state RDX is a white, crystalline solid. It is often used in mixtures with other explosives and plasticizers, phlegmatizers or desensitizers. RDX is stable in storage and is considered one of the most powerful and brisant of the military high explosives.
RDX is an explosive.
RDX may also refer to:
- Acura RDX, the automobile
- Radixin, a human gene
- RDX Technology, a data storage format
- RDX register, a CPU register in 64-bit x86 processors
- Red Dwarf series X, an informal name used in some of the TV show's promotional material