Patent ID: 7857922

Claim:
An explosive composition comprising explosive crystals of RDX Type I, a polyacrylic elastomer and a plasticizer, wherein the polyacrylic elastomer is Hy Temp 4454 or Hy Temp 4054, and that the plasticizer is dioctyl adipate (DOA), dioctyl sebacate (DOS), isodecyl pelargonate (IDP), dioctyl maleate (DOM) or dioctyl phthalate (DOP) characterised in that RDX crystals represent a proportion in the range 88-96% by weight of the composition, and that the RDX crystals comprises a portion of coarse crystals with an average crystal size in the range 50 to 250 μm and a portion of finer crystals with average crystal size in the range 2 to 30 μm.