| 释义 |
RDX|ɑːdiːˈɛks|
[f. Research Department (Woolwich, England) Explosive.]
= cyclonite.
1941Newsweek 8 Dec. 43/2 One [explosive], developed in cooperation with the British and identified with the stuff used in Britain's ‘superbombs’, is known as RDX and credited with 40 per cent more bursting power than TNT. 1947Times 9 July 5/7 RDX, the main high explosive development of the war, was yet another chemical contribution to victory—opening up, incidentally, a new field of organic chemistry. 1974Encycl. Brit. Macropædia VII. 89/1 The torpedo warhead torpex..is a cast mixture of rdx, tnt, and aluminum. |