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Tests indicate that it is about 98% to 100% as powerful as Torpex, that it is definitely less sensitive than Torpex in both laboratory impact and bullet impact, that it is slightly more sensitive in these respects than
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A difficulty with HBX is that water slowly reacts with aluminium powder and produces hydrogen gas, building up pressure in the case during stowage. It was discovered that adding calcium chloride to the mixture will
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It is an aluminized (powdered aluminum) explosive having the same order of sensitivity as
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RDX plus nitrocellulose, calcium chloride and calcium silicate
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RDX plus nitrocellulose, calcium chloride and calcium silicate
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HBX (disambiguation)

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World War II
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Composition B
TNT
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RDX
nitrocellulose
calcium chloride
calcium silicate
TNT
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