The secret history of RDX : the super-explosive that helped win World War II /

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During the 1930s, British scientists perfected a sugar-white explosive called RDX. Twice as deadly as TNT, RDX was also ten times more expensive. In 'The Secret History of RDX', historian Colin F. Baxter tells the story of the people who developed, produced, and used RDX in the top-secret,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Baxter, Colin F., 1942- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, [2018]
Temas:
1900-1999
RDX (Cyclonite)
Explosives, Military > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Equipment and supplies.
Triazines
Triméthylène-trinitramine.
Explosifs militaires > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Matériel.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Chemical & Biochemical.
HISTORY > Military > Weapons.
Armed Forces > Weapons systems
Equipment and supplies
Explosives, Military
United States > Armed Forces > Weapons systems > History > 20th century.
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Lord Beaverbrook, RDX, and the Ministry of Supply
  • The vexed question of RDX supply
  • Torpex and the air war
  • RDX and the Army Ordnance Department
  • RDX and the Army air forces
  • The battle for RDX production
  • Canada and RDX
  • The Wexler Bend Pilot Plant
  • The great Holston Ordnance Works
  • Torpex and the Battle of the Atlantic
  • 1945 and the atomic bomb
  • The aftermath.

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