ABSTRACT
Cyclotetramethylenetetranitramine, 1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetrazacyclooctane, octogen, or best known as HMX, has been used in military ap plications as burster charges for artillery shells. HMX has also been used1 as a component of solid-fuel rocket propellants and to implode fissionable ma terial in nuclear devices to achieve critical mass.
