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{{Short description|Polymer-bonded explosive}}
'''LX-14''' and '''LX-14-0''' are [[polymer-bonded explosive]]s developed by [[Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory]] and used in [[nuclear weapons]] in the United States.<ref name="Cooper">
{{cite book
|last=Cooper
|first=Paul W.
|title=Explosives Engineering
|year=1996
|publisher=Wiley-VCH
|pages=51–66
|chapter=Chapter 4: Use forms of explosives
|isbn=0-471-18636-8}}
</ref>

== Ingredients ==
LX-14 is made of [[HMX]] explosive powder (95.5%) and Estane and 5702-Fl plastic binders (4.5%).<ref>{{cite report |date=September 1999 |title=Technical Area 36 Open Detonation Unit — Supplement 2-1 Waste Explosives Detonated at Technical Area 36 |url=https://hwbdocuments.env.nm.gov/Los%20Alamos%20National%20Labs/TA%2036/2351.pdf |publisher= |page=2 |docket= |access-date= |quote= |archive-date=2022-10-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001143545/https://hwbdocuments.env.nm.gov/Los%20Alamos%20National%20Labs/TA%2036/2351.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Properties ==
LX-14-0 has a density of 1830&nbsp;kg/m<sup>3</sup>, detonation velocity of 8,830&nbsp;m/s and detonation pressure of 37&nbsp;GPa.<ref>{{cite report|author=Dobratz, B M. |title=LLNL explosives handbook: properties of chemical explosives and explosives and explosive simulants |date=1981 |page=420|publisher=[[LLNL]]|publication-place=USA|url=https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6530310 |format=pdf|doi=10.2172/6530310}}</ref>

== References ==
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