CC BY-NC-ND 4.0Herrmann, MichaelMichaelHerrmannGerber, PeterPeterGerber2023-07-052023-07-052023https://publica.fraunhofer.de/handle/publica/445173https://doi.org/10.24406/publica-159710.24406/publica-1597Granulates of the explosives HMX, RDX and CL-20/HMX cocrystal were pressed to cylinders for mini detonation tests and the microstructure of the samples were investigated by means of X-ray diffraction before and after the pressing process. The granulates consist of mixtures of the explosives with wax and graphite with weight fractions of 94.5 % explosive, 4.5 % wax (paraffin) and 1 % graphite, respectively. The investigations show different mechanical strengths of the explosives, with an improved mechanical stability of RDX and CL-20/HMX cocrystal, when compared to the mixtures with HMX.enPressed explosivesCL-20/HMX-CocrystalMicrostructureX-ray diffractionconference paper