hexogen
(ˈhɛksədʒən)
Also hexogene.
[a. G. hexogen.]
= cyclonite.
| 1923 Chem. Abstr. XVII. 2364 Nitrated hexamethylenetetramine (hexogen)..and mannitol hexanitrate occupy the highest places in the order of effectiveness. 1945 Industr. & Engin. Chem. XXXVII. 666/2 Increasing the weight of charge in a mercury fulminate detonator..is not nearly so effective as substituting a composition having a higher rate of detonation, such as PETN or hexogen. 1960 Guardian 19 Aug. 10/4 Hexogen, he added, was a very powerful explosive used by the US Army. |