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niperyt, and TEN. It is more sensitive to shock or friction than TNT or tet-
ryl, thus it is never used alone as a booster. It is primarily used in booster and
bursting charges of small caliber ammunition, in upper charges of detonators
in some land mines and shells, in shaped charges, and as the explosive core of
primacord. It is also used as an explosive compound in plastic explosives (PEP).
Cyclotrimetilentrinitramin (RDX) is one of the strongest known high explo-
sives. It has also been used under such names as hexogene, cyclonit, SDX, and
T-4. It is primarily used in booster and bursting charges of small ...